Where does “enrampar” come from?
enrampar (Catalan) comes from Catalan rampa, from Spanish rampa, from French rampe, from French ramper, from Middle French ramper, from Old French ramper, from Frankish rampōn, from Frankish rampa — to cut, cut off, sever.
enrampar (Catalan): to cramp
Definitions
- to cramp
Ancestry of “enrampar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | rampa | ramp; cramp |
| 2 | Spanish | rampa | ramp; cramp |
| 3 | French | rampe | ramp |
| 4 | French | ramper | to crawl, worm (along); to creep |
| 5 | Middle French | ramper | to crawl |
| 6 | Old French | ramper | to climb; to ascend; to go up |
| 7 | Frankish | rampōn | — |
| 8 | Frankish | rampa | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | hrempaną | to bend, curve, make waves, wrinkle; to curve,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kreb- | to turn; to touch; to turn, bend, shrink, rotate,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ker- | to cut off; to turn, bend |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |