ambul
to walk
Latin · ambulare
Ambul comes from Latin ambulare, to walk. An ambulance first meant a moving hospital; ambulatory describes someone able to walk; circumambulate is to walk around something.
Memory trick
An ambulance rushes past: ambul = walking, once a 'walking hospital'.
Words from this root
- ambulance (ambul + ance) — vehicle that carries the sickएंबुलेंस
- ambulant (ambul + ant) — walking, able to walkचलने वाला, चलने में सक्षम
- ambulate (ambul + ate) — to walk aboutइधर-उधर टहलना
- ambulator (ambul + ator) — one who walksचलने वाला
- ambulatory (ambul + atory) — able to walk; for walkingचलने-फिरने योग्य; चलने के लिए
- circumambulate (circum + ambul + ate) — to walk aroundपरिक्रमा करना
- funambulist (fun + ambul + ist) — tightrope walkerरस्सी पर चलने वाला कलाबाज़
- perambulate (per + ambul + ate) — to walk through or aboutघूमते हुए पैदल चलना
- perambulator (per + ambul + ator) — baby carriage, pramबच्चा-गाड़ी
- somnambulism (somn + ambul + ism) — sleepwalkingनींद में चलना
- somnambulant (somn + ambul + ant) — walking in one's sleepनींद में चलने वाला