Where does “romp” come from?
Romp comes from English dialectal or informal usage influenced by ramp, from French rampe and Old French ramper, ultimately deriving from Frankish rampōn and rampa, which trace to Proto-Indo-European roots related to climbing or creeping movements.
romp (English): To play about roughly, energetically or...
Definitions
- To play about roughly, energetically or...
Ancestry of “romp”, 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 (along); 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 |