Where does “rompishness” come from?
rompishness (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.
rompishness (English): The quality of being rompish
Definitions
- The quality of being rompish
Ancestry of “rompishness”, step by step
rompishness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English rompish
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 (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 |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |