Etymology

stroll

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Today it means: A wandering on foot; an idle and leisurely walk; a ramble; a saunter. Full definition →

German strollen ← Alemannic German strollen
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stroll · noun, verb1

  1. Alemannic German · derived fromstrollen
  2. German · borrowed fromstrollen
  3. English todaystroll

Borrowed from German strollen, seemingly from Alemannic German strollen; related to Strolch (“vagabond; rascal”) and strolchen.

Stroll · proper noun2

Anglicization of Strulovitch, Strulovic, Strulović. From Russian

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