perambulate
Meaningto walk through
Common meaning: to walk through or about
- perthrough; thoroughly
- ambulto walk about, strollLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 104 · scan
- ateverb or adjective ending: to make, having
‘through’ + ‘to walk about, stroll’ → perambulate
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin ambulō ‘to walk about, stroll’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry ambulō, p. 104 · dictionary scan
Roots
- ambulō, ambulāre Latin “to walk about, stroll”
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