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Where does “wamble-cropped” come from?

wamble-cropped (English) comes from English wamble, from English -le, from Middle English -el, from Old French -el, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

wamble-cropped (English): Sick from excessive eating or drinking;...

Definitions

  1. Sick from excessive eating or drinking;...

Ancestry of “wamble-cropped”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishwambleNausea; seething; bubbling; An unsteady walk; a...
2English-leA frequentative suffix of verbs, indicating...
3Middle English-el—
4Old French-elSuffix that usually denotes a masculine noun
5Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
6Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
7Proto-Italic-olos—
8Proto-Italic-elos—
9Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
10Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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