Catalan
Verb
ambulo
- first-person singular present indicative of ambular
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈam.bu.lo/
- Rhymes: -ambulo
- Hyphenation: àm‧bu‧lo
Verb
ambulo
- 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
- to traverse, travel
- to walk
- Synonyms: deambulō, vādō, cammīnō, adeō, obeō, pergō, baetō, eō, 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
Conjugation of ambulō (first conjugation)
indicative
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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active
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present
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ambulō
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ambulās
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ambulat
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ambulāmus
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ambulātis
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ambulant
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imperfect
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ambulābam
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ambulābās
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ambulābat
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ambulābāmus
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ambulābātis
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ambulābant
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future
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ambulābō
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ambulābis
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ambulābit
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ambulābimus
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ambulābitis
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ambulābunt
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perfect
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ambulāvī
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ambulāvistī, ambulāstī1
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ambulāvit, ambulāt1
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ambulāvimus, ambulāmus1
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ambulāvistis, ambulāstis1
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ambulāvērunt, ambulārunt, ambulāvēre1
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pluperfect
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ambulāveram, ambulāram1
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ambulāverās, ambulārās1
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ambulāverat, ambulārat1
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ambulāverāmus, ambulārāmus1
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ambulāverātis, ambulārātis1
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ambulāverant, ambulārant1
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future perfect
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ambulāverō, ambulārō1
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ambulāveris, ambulāris1
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ambulāverit, ambulārit1
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ambulāverimus, ambulārimus1
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ambulāveritis, ambulāritis1
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ambulāverint, ambulārint1
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passive
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present
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ambulor
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ambulāris, ambulāre
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ambulātur
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ambulāmur
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ambulāminī
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ambulantur
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imperfect
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ambulābar
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ambulābāris, ambulābāre
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ambulābātur
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ambulābāmur
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ambulābāminī
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ambulābantur
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future
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ambulābor
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ambulāberis, ambulābere
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ambulābitur
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ambulābimur
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ambulābiminī
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ambulābuntur
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perfect
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ambulātus + present active indicative of sum
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pluperfect
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ambulātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
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future perfect
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ambulātus + future active indicative of sum
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subjunctive
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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active
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present
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ambulem
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ambulēs
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ambulet
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ambulēmus
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ambulētis
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ambulent
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imperfect
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ambulārem
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ambulārēs
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ambulāret
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ambulārēmus
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ambulārētis
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ambulārent
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perfect
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ambulāverim, ambulārim1
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ambulāverīs, ambulārīs1
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ambulāverit, ambulārit1
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ambulāverīmus, ambulārīmus1
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ambulāverītis, ambulārītis1
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ambulāverint, ambulārint1
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pluperfect
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ambulāvissem, ambulāssem1
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ambulāvissēs, ambulāssēs1
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ambulāvisset, ambulāsset1
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ambulāvissēmus, ambulāssēmus1
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ambulāvissētis, ambulāssētis1
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ambulāvissent, ambulāssent1
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passive
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present
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ambuler
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ambulēris, ambulēre
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ambulētur
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ambulēmur
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ambulēminī
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ambulentur
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imperfect
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ambulārer
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ambulārēris, ambulārēre
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ambulārētur
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ambulārēmur
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ambulārēminī
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ambulārentur
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perfect
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ambulātus + present active subjunctive of sum
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pluperfect
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ambulātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
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imperative
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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active
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present
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—
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ambulā
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—
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—
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ambulāte
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—
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future
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—
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ambulātō
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ambulātō
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—
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ambulātōte
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ambulantō
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passive
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present
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—
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ambulāre
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—
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—
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ambulāminī
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—
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future
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—
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ambulātor
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ambulātor
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—
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—
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ambulantor
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ambulāre
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ambulārī
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ambulāns
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—
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ambulātūrum esse
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ambulātum īrī
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ambulātūrus
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ambulandus
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ambulāvisse, ambulāsse1
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ambulātum esse
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—
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ambulātus
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—
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ambulātum fore
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—
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—
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ambulātūrum fuisse
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—
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—
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—
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ambulandī
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ambulandō
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ambulandum
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ambulandō
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ambulātum
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ambulātū
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1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.
Derived terms
Descendants
- Aromanian: imnu / imn, imnari
- Catalan: amblar, ambular (borrowing)
- English: amble, ambulate, ambulance
- French: ambuler (borrowing), ambler (from Old Occitan)
- Istro-Romanian: omnu
- Italian: ambiare, ambulare (borrowing)
- Megleno-Romanian: amnu, amnare
- Occitan: amblar
- Old Occitan: amblar
- Portuguese: ambrar, ambular (borrowing)
- Romanian: umbla, umblare
- Spanish: amblar, ambular (borrowing)
Possibly through a Vulgar Latin *amnāre < *amlāre:
Possibly through a Vulgar Latin *alāre < *amlāre:
- Franco-Provençal: alar (in part)
- French: aller (in part)
- Friulian: lâ (in part)
References
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 27
- “ambulo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ambulo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "ambulo", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- ambulo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- a safe journey to you: bene ambula et redambula
- ^ 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
- sorghum
Portuguese
Verb
ambulo
- first-person singular present indicative of ambular
Spanish
Verb
ambulo
- first-person singular present indicative of ambular