Where does “ramonage” come from?

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

ramonage (French): chimney-sweeping

Definitions

  1. chimney-sweeping

Ancestry of “ramonage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchramonerto sweep a chimney; to fuck
2Frenchramonbroom
3Old Frenchraimbranch
4Latinrāmus—
5Proto-Italic*wrād-mo-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwréh₂dsroot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds →Every word from Proto-Italic *wrād-mo- →Every word from Latin rāmus →