Thinking of running away and joining the circus? If you are, you might consider becoming a funambulist. You’ll have to work on your balance though, seeing a funambulist is a tight-rope walker.
The word comes from the Latin funambulus with the same meaning and yes, that means the Romans had tight-rope walkers too. In fact, it was quite the popular public spectacle.
It’s a compound of funis, “rope” and ambulare, “to walk”.
