Where does “humped” come from?
Humped comes from English hump, from Dutch homp, from Old Saxon hump, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European kumb-.
humped (English): past participle of hump; Having a hump or humps,...
Definitions
- past participle of hump; Having a hump or humps,...
Ancestry of “humped”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | hump | A mound of earth; A speed hump; A deformity in... |
| 2 | Dutch | homp | gobbet |
| 3 | Middle Low German | hump | heap, hill, stump; heap, hump |
| 4 | Old Saxon | hump | hill, heap, thick piece |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | humpaz | hip, height; hump |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kumb- | curved |
Words derived from “humped”