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
- present participle of romp; The act of one who...
Ancestry of “romping”, step by step
| 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 |