Where does “rompishly” come from?
rompishly (English) comes from English rompish, 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.
rompishly (English): In a rompish manner
Ancestry of “rompishly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | rompish | Given to boisterous play; inclined to romp |
| 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 ; 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 |