Where does “rameux” come from?

rameux (French) comes from French rame, from French ramer, 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.

rameux (French): ramose

Definitions

  1. ramose

Ancestry of “rameux”, step by step

rameux traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French rame

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchrameoar, paddle; ream; train; "now especially" refers...
2Frenchramerto row
3Middle Frenchramer
4Old Frenchramer
5Old Frenchraimbranch
6Latinrāmus
7Proto-Italic*wrād-mo-
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwréh₂dsroot

via Latin ramosus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinramosusbranching; Having many branches
2Latin-ōsusose, -ous, -ful (full of or overly prone to)
3Old Latin-ōssus

Words derived from “rameux

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds