Where does “ramps” come from?
ramps (English) comes from English ramp, from French rampe, from French ramper, from Middle French ramper, from Old French ramper, from Frankish rampōn, from Frankish rampa, from Proto-Germanic hrempaną — to cut, cut off, sever.
ramps (English): plural of ramp; Third-person singular simple...
Definitions
- plural of ramp; Third-person singular simple...
Ancestry of “ramps”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | ramp | An inclined surface that connects two levels; an... |
| 2 | French | rampe | ramp |
| 3 | French | ramper | to crawl, worm ; to creep |
| 4 | Middle French | ramper | to crawl |
| 5 | Old French | ramper | to climb; to ascend; to go up |
| 6 | Frankish | rampōn | — |
| 7 | Frankish | rampa | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hrempaną | to bend, curve, make waves, wrinkle; to curve,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kreb- | to turn; to touch; to turn, bend, shrink, rotate,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ker- | to cut off; to turn, bend |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |