amble

The story

1. Latin · derived fromambulō“to walk”
2. Old Occitan · derived fromamblar
3. Old French · derived fromambler“walk as a horse does”
4. Middle English · inherited fromamblen
5. English todayamble

From Middle English amblen, from Old French ambler (“walk as a horse does”), from Old Occitan amblar, from Latin ambulō (“to walk”). Doublet of ambulate.

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