somnambulist
[sɒmˈnæmbjʊlɪst] · noun
Meaning
- A person who walks about in their sleep; a sleepwalker.
Etymology / origin
Borrowed from French somnambuliste, from Medieval Latin somnambulus (“sleepwalker”). By surface analysis, somn- + -ambulist.
- somnambulus(la-med)→
- somnambuliste(fr)→
- somnambulist (English)
- Relations: bor, der
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