ambulator

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts?

Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰíder.

Proto-Italic *amβi-

Latin ambi-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂elh₂-der.

Proto-Italic *alō

Latin *alō

Latin ambulō

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin ambulātorbor.

English ambulator

Borrowed from Latin ambulātor.

Noun

ambulator (plural ambulators)

1. A walker; one who walks.

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts?

Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰíder.

Proto-Italic *amβi-

Latin ambi-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂elh₂-der.

Proto-Italic *alō

Latin *alō

Latin ambulō

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin ambulātor

From ambulō (“walk; travel”) + -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [am.bʊˈɫaː.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [am.buˈlaː.tor]

Noun

ambulātor m (genitive ambulātōris); third declension

1. A person that walks about; walker.
2. idler, lounger
3. peddler, hawker

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	ambulātor	ambulātōrēs
genitive	ambulātōris	ambulātōrum
dative	ambulātōrī	ambulātōribus
accusative	ambulātōrem	ambulātōrēs
ablative	ambulātōre	ambulātōribus
vocative	ambulātor	ambulātōrēs

Derived terms

• ambulātōrius
• ambulātrix

Related terms

• ambulācrum
• ambulātilis
• ambulātiō
• ambulātiuncula
• ambulātūra
• ambulātus
• ambulō

Descendants

• English: ambulator

Verb

ambulātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of ambulō

References

• “ambulator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "ambulator", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “ambulator”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.