Where does “dumpee” come from?

dumpee (English) comes from English dump, from Middle English dumpen, from Old Norse dumpa — to thump.

dumpee (English): One who is dumped

Definitions

  1. One who is dumped

Ancestry of “dumpee”, step by step

dumpee traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English dump

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdumpA place where waste or garbage is left; a ground...
2Middle Englishdumpen—
3Old Norsedumpato thump

via English EE

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishEEInitialism of electrical engineering
2Cantonese噫—
Every word from Old Norse dumpa →