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Where does “romping” come from?

Romping derives from English romp, from English ramp, from French rampe, from Old French ramper, from Frankish rampōn and rampa, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker- and sek-.

romping (English): present participle of romp; The act of one who...

Definitions

  1. present participle of romp; The act of one who...

Ancestry of “romping”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrompTo play about roughly, energetically or...
2EnglishrampAn inclined surface that connects two levels; an...
3Frenchramperamp
4Frenchramperto crawl, worm ; to creep
5Middle Frenchramperto crawl
6Old Frenchramperto climb; to ascend; to go up
7Frankishrampōn—
8Frankishrampa—
9Proto-Germanichrempanąto bend, curve, make waves, wrinkle; to curve,...
10Proto-Indo-European(s)kreb-to turn; to touch; to turn, bend, shrink, rotate,...
11Proto-Indo-European(s)ker-to cut off; to turn, bend
12Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

Words derived from “romping”

  • rompingly
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