Where does “ramify” come from?

ramify (English) comes from Middle French ramifier, from Latin rāmus, from Proto-Italic *wrād-mo-, from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds — root.

ramify (English): To divide into branches or subdivisions; To...

Definitions

  1. To divide into branches or subdivisions; To...

Ancestry of “ramify”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchramifier
2Latinrāmus
3Proto-Italic*wrād-mo-
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwréh₂dsroot

Words derived from “ramify

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂dsEvery word from Proto-Italic *wrād-mo-Every word from Latin rāmus