Where does “romper” come from?
romper (Dutch) comes from English romper, from English romp, from English ramp, from French rampe, from French ramper, from Middle French ramper, from Old French ramper, from Frankish rampōn — to cut, cut off, sever.
romper (Dutch): a one-piece garment for an infant or small child;...
Definitions
- a one-piece garment for an infant or small child;...
Ancestry of “romper”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | romper | Someone who romps or frolics; A ship that has... |
| 2 | English | romp | To play about roughly, energetically or... |
| 3 | English | ramp | An inclined surface that connects two levels; an... |
| 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 |