ambulance
vehicle that carries sick or injured people
Root
- ambul: walk, move about, or wander
Other words with the ambul root
- amble: to walk at an easy pace
- ambulate: to walk or move from place to place
- ambulatory: able to walk; relating to walking or movement
- circumambulate: to walk around something
- perambulate: to walk through or around
- preamble: an introductory statement
- somnambulate: to walk while asleep
Ambulance looks modern, but the old idea is movement: a mobile or walking hospital. It gives ambul a hook most learners already know.
The ambulance moved through traffic with its siren on.
The vehicle is not walking; the older memory is movement. Ambulance belongs to the mobile-hospital family, from walking or moving about.