Where does “rompery” come from?
rompery (English) comes from English romp, from English ramp, from French rampe, from French ramper, from Middle French ramper, from Old French ramper, from Frankish rampōn, from Frankish rampa — to cut, cut off, sever.
rompery (English): Romping; boisterous play
Definitions
- Romping; boisterous play
Ancestry of “rompery”, step by step
rompery traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English romp
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | romp | To play about roughly, energetically or... |
| 2 | English | ramp | An inclined surface that connects two levels; an... |
| 3 | French | rampe | ramp |
| 4 | French | ramper | to crawl, worm (along); to creep |
| 5 | Middle French | ramper | to crawl |
| 6 | Old French | ramper | to climb; to ascend; to go up |
| 7 | Frankish | rampōn | — |
| 8 | Frankish | rampa | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | hrempaną | to bend, curve, make waves, wrinkle; to curve,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kreb- | to turn; to touch; to turn, bend, shrink, rotate,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ker- | to cut off; to turn, bend |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |
via English ery
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ery | — |