The story
- German · derived fromnehmen“to take”
- Spanish · derived fromvamos“we go”
- English todaynamous
UK 19th century. Probably from Spanish vamos (“we go”) or vámonos (“let's go”). Possibly influenced by German nehmen (“to take”). Cognate with English vamoose. Possibly backslang from summon.
Words from the same roots
Spanishvamos all →
vamoose
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.