deambulate

verb

1. To go out walking; to stroll.

   rare

   From this place we deambulate through several agreeable walks, among which Stepney Green is not the least interesting;

2. To walk independently, especially in contrast to a state where one is physically unable to walk.

   In classic testicular torsion, the patient presents with severe pain and usually cannot deambulate easily.

Where it comes from

First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin dēambulātus, perfect passive participle of dēambulō (“to walk, take a stroll”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dē- + ambulō (“to walk”). The medical sense is likely a new denominal from deambulation or by translation from Romance languages such as French déambuler and Italian deambulare.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry deambulate (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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