noun, feminine/ɑ̃.by.lɑ̃s/plural: ambulances
ambulance (emergency vehicle)
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 *-onts Latin -ns Latin ambulānsder. French ambulance From Latin ambulāns, present participle of ambulō (“to walk, to go about”), replacing earlier hôpital ambulant (“moving hospital”).