Etymology

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Today it means: A remark or complaint repeated incessantly. Full definition →

Northern Middle English ramen ← Old English *hrāmian ← Proto-West Germanic *hraimōn
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rame · noun, verb1

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*(s)kerey-“to scream, screech”
  2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*hraimōną“to scream”
  3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*hraimōn
  4. Old English · inherited from*hrāmian
  5. Northern Middle English · inherited fromramen“to cry out, scream”
  6. English todayrame

From Northern Middle English ramen (“to cry out, scream”), from Old English *hrāmian, from Proto-West Germanic *hraimōn, from Proto-Germanic *hraimōną (“to scream”), *hraimaz (“a scream”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerey- (“to scream, screech”). Cognate with Old Norse hreimr (“a scream, cry”), and possibly to Old English hrēam (“a cry, outcry, tumult, noise”).

rame · noun2

  1. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*hramu“frame, support”
  2. Old Dutch · derived from*hrama
  3. Middle Dutch · derived fromraem
  4. Middle English · inherited fromrame
  5. English todayrame

From late Middle English rame, from or akin to Middle Dutch raem, rame (“framework, frame”), from Old Dutch *hrama, from Proto-West Germanic *hramu (“frame, support”). Possible doublet of frame.

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