Where does “rampellut” come from?
rampellut (Catalan) comes from Catalan rampell, from Catalan rampa, from Spanish rampa, from French rampe, from French ramper, from Middle French ramper, from Old French ramper, from Frankish rampōn — to cut, cut off, sever.
rampellut (Catalan): impulsive, capricious
Definitions
- impulsive, capricious
Ancestry of “rampellut”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | rampell | sudden urge, whim, frenzy |
| 2 | Catalan | rampa | ramp; cramp |
| 3 | Spanish | rampa | ramp; cramp |
| 4 | French | rampe | ramp |
| 5 | French | ramper | to crawl, worm (along); to creep |
| 6 | Middle French | ramper | to crawl |
| 7 | Old French | ramper | to climb; to ascend; to go up |
| 8 | Frankish | rampōn | — |
| 9 | Frankish | rampa | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | hrempaną | to bend, curve, make waves, wrinkle; to curve,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kreb- | to turn; to touch; to turn, bend, shrink, rotate,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ker- | to cut off; to turn, bend |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |