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Where does “Rumper” come from?

Rumper (English) comes from English rump, from Middle English rumpe, from Old Norse rumpr, from Middle Low German rump, from Proto-Germanic rumpō — trunk of a tree, log.

Rumper (English): A member or supporter of the Rump Parliament

Definitions

  1. A member or supporter of the Rump Parliament

Ancestry of “Rumper”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrumpThe hindquarters of a four-legged mammal, not...
2Middle Englishrumpe—
3Old Norserumprrump
4Middle Low Germanrumpthe bulk or trunk of a body, trunk of a tree
5Proto-Germanicrumpōtrunk of a tree, log
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