Where does “rampell” come from?
rampell (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.
rampell (Catalan): sudden urge, whim, frenzy
Definitions
- sudden urge, whim, frenzy
Ancestry of “rampell”, step by step
rampell traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Catalan rampa
| 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 |