ambulo

Catalan

Verb

ambulo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of ambular

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈam.bu.lo/
  • Rhymes: -ambulo
  • Hyphenation: àm‧bu‧lo

Verb

ambulo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of ambulare

Latin

Etymology

From ambi- +‎ *alō (to wander), from Proto-Italic *alō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elh₂- (to wander). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἄλη (álē, wandering), ἀλύω (alúō, to wander in mind, to roam), Umbrian amboltu, Latvian aluôt (to roam). See alucinor, as well as perhaps alacer.[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

ambulō (present infinitive ambulāre, perfect active ambulāvī, supine ambulātum); first conjugation

  1. to traverse, travel
  2. to walk
    Synonyms: deambulō, vādō, cammīnō, adeō, obeō, pergō, baetō, , gradior, cēdō, īnferō
    Cūr anas in hanc tabernam ambulāvit sī ūvās emere volēbat?
    Why did the duck walk into this shop if it wanted to buy grapes?

Conjugation

1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

Descendants

Possibly through a Vulgar Latin *amnāre < *amlāre:

Possibly through a Vulgar Latin *alāre < *amlāre:

  • Franco-Provençal: alar (in part)
  • French: aller (in part)
  • Friulian: (in part)

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 38

Maay

Noun

ambulo

  1. sorghum

Portuguese

Verb

ambulo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of ambular

Spanish

Verb

ambulo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of ambular