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Where does “tump” come from?

tump (English) comes from English mattump, from Proto-Algonquian wetempi, from Proto-Algic wetempe — head.

tump (English): A mound or hillock; To form a mass of earth or a...

Definitions

  1. A mound or hillock; To form a mass of earth or a...

Ancestry of “tump”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmattump—
2Proto-Algonquianwetempihead, brain
3Proto-Algicwetempehead

Words derived from “tump”

  • tumpy
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