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Where does “ramer” come from?

ramer (French) comes from Middle French ramer, from Old French ramer, from Old French raim, from Latin rāmus, from Proto-Italic *wrād-mo-, from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds — root.

ramer (French): to row

Definitions

  1. to row

Ancestry of “ramer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchramer—
2Old Frenchramer—
3Old Frenchraimbranch
4Latinrāmus—
5Proto-Italic*wrād-mo-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwréh₂dsroot

Words derived from “ramer”

  • ramed
  • ramberge
  • rame
  • ramas
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds →