Pram , the word to denote a baby carriage is also derived from the word perambulator.
Perambulator : It can be broken up into per + ambulate , per is used to show free movement like permissable, permeate,perculate etc and ambulate is to walk from place to place; move about.
These are pictures of the early perambulators.
Perambulator is also known as baby buggy, baby carriage, pram, pushchair, stroller, go-cart, pusher, carriage,bassinet
Interestingly , there is one of a kind perambulator museum in the world : VICTORIAN PERAMBULATOR MUSEUM It has more than 200 different kinds of these perambulators.
The picture below shows a pram of today
Can you beleive that thee is a magazine called the Perambulator Times !! It was called Perambulator madness before.
