Where does “stomp” come from?
Stomp is a variant of stamp, from Middle English stampen and Old English stampian, originally meaning to crush or pound with the foot.
stomp (English): To trample heavily; To severely beat someone...
Definitions
- To trample heavily; To severely beat someone...
Ancestry of “stomp”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | stamp | An act of stamping the foot, paw or hoof; An... |
| 2 | Middle Low German | stampen | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | stampon | to stomp |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | stampōn | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | stampōną | to compress, to squeeze; to stamp |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | stemb‑ | to support, stomp, rant, amaze |
Words derived from “stomp”