Where does “rompingly” come from?
rompingly (English) comes from English romping, from English romp, from English ramp, from French rampe, from French ramper, from Middle French ramper, from Old French ramper, from Frankish rampōn — to cut, cut off, sever.
rompingly (English): In a romping manner
Definitions
- In a romping manner
Ancestry of “rompingly”, step by step
rompingly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English romping
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | romping | present participle of romp; The act of one who... |
| 2 | English | romp | To play about roughly, energetically or... |
| 3 | English | ramp | An inclined surface that connects two levels; an... |
| 4 | French | rampe | ramp |
| 5 | French | ramper | to crawl, worm (along); to creep |
| 6 | Middle French | ramper | to crawl |
| 7 | Old French | ramper | to climb; to ascend; to go up |
| 8 | Frankish | rampōn | — |
| 9 | Frankish | rampa | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | hrempaną | to bend, curve, make waves, wrinkle; to curve,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kreb- | to turn; to touch; to turn, bend, shrink, rotate,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ker- | to cut off; to turn, bend |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |