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ambulare
Latin · ancient
"to walk, to move about"
to walk, to move about
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Stage 2 of 3
hopital ambulant
French · 1700s
"a mobile field hospital"
walking hospital, a mobile field hospital that followed troops, from ambulant (walking, from ambulare)
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Stage 3 of 3
ambulance
English · 1800s
"a vehicle that transports the sick or injured"
shortened and settled as the English word for a vehicle that transports the sick or injured
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