Where does “scamper” come from?
Scamper comes from English scamp, derived from Chinese 兒, Italian scampare, and Latin roots including ex and -arius.
scamper (English): A quick, light run; To run quickly and lightly,...
Definitions
- A quick, light run; To run quickly and lightly,...
Ancestry of “scamper”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | scamp | A rascal, swindler, or rogue; a ne'er-do-well; A... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | schampen | slip away |
| 3 | Old French | escamper | to run away, to make one's escape |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | excappare | present active infinitive of *excappō;... |
| 5 | Latin | -āre | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
Words derived from “scamper”