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Where does “rump” come from?

rump (Middle Low German) comes from Proto-Germanic rumpō — trunk of a tree, log.

rump (Middle Low German): the bulk or trunk of a body, trunk of a tree

Definitions

  1. the bulk or trunk of a body, trunk of a tree

Ancestry of “rump”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicrumpōtrunk of a tree, log

Words derived from “rump”

  • rump
  • rumped
  • rumpy
  • rumpless
  • Rumper
  • rumpology
  • rumpy-pumpy
  • whiterump
  • rumpologist
  • white-rumped hawk
  • rumpalicious
  • rumpie
  • rumpe
  • rumpr
  • rumple
  • rump
  • rumple-bane
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