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Where does “ramper” come from?

ramper (French) comes from Middle French ramper, from Old French ramper, from Frankish rampōn, from Frankish rampa, from Proto-Germanic hrempaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kreb-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

ramper (French): to crawl, worm ; to creep

Definitions

  1. to crawl, worm ; to creep

Ancestry of “ramper”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchramperto crawl
2Old Frenchramperto climb; to ascend; to go up
3Frankishrampōn—
4Frankishrampa—
5Proto-Germanichrempanąto bend, curve, make waves, wrinkle; to curve,...
6Proto-Indo-European(s)kreb-to turn; to touch; to turn, bend, shrink, rotate,...
7Proto-Indo-European(s)ker-to cut off; to turn, bend
8Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

Words derived from “ramper”

  • rampi
  • alrampi
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