Where does “ramp” come from?
Ramp comes from French rampe, from Old French ramper, from Frankish rampōn and rampa, tracing back through Proto-Indo-European (s)ker- and sek-.
ramp (English): An inclined surface that connects two levels; an...
Definitions
- An inclined surface that connects two levels; an...
Ancestry of “ramp”, step by step
ramp traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French rampe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | rampe | ramp |
| 2 | French | ramper | to crawl, worm (along); to creep |
| 3 | Middle French | ramper | to crawl |
| 4 | Old French | ramper | to climb; to ascend; to go up |
| 5 | Frankish | rampōn | — |
| 6 | Frankish | rampa | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hrempaną | to bend, curve, make waves, wrinkle; to curve,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kreb- | to turn; to touch; to turn, bend, shrink, rotate,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ker- | to cut off; to turn, bend |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |
via German Ramp
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Ramp | — |