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Where does “Ram” come from?

Ram (English) comes from Middle English ram, from Old English ramm, from Proto-West Germanic *ramm, from Proto-Germanic rammaz — strong; overbearing; acrid; rank; A male sheep;...

Ram (English): someone connected with Derby County Football...

Definitions

  1. someone connected with Derby County Football...

Ancestry of “Ram”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishrammale sheep, ram; Aries; pile driver, battering...
2Old Englishrammram; battering ram
3Proto-West Germanic*ramm—
4Proto-Germanicrammazstrong; overbearing; acrid; rank; A male sheep;...
Every word from Proto-Germanic rammaz →