Where does “rumptious” come from?

rumptious (English) comes from English rump, from Middle English rumpe, from Old Norse rumpr, from Middle Low German rump, from Proto-Germanic rumpō — trunk of a tree, log.

rumptious (English): Of a person's buttocks: large, well-shaped

Definitions

  1. Of a person's buttocks: large, well-shaped

Ancestry of “rumptious”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrumpThe hindquarters of a four-legged mammal, not...
2Middle Englishrumpe—
3Old Norserumprrump
4Middle Low Germanrumpthe bulk or trunk of a body, trunk of a tree
5Proto-Germanicrumpōtrunk of a tree, log
Every word from Proto-Germanic rumpō →Every word from Middle Low German rump →Every word from Old Norse rumpr →