ramp

ramp · noun, verb¹

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*hrimpaną“to shrivel, shrink”
2. Frankish · derived from*hrampōn“to contract oneself, wrinkle, rumple, crumple, curve”
3. Old French · derived fromramper“to crawl, climb, scale up”
4. Middle French · derived fromrampe
5. French · borrowed fromrampe
6. English todayramp

From French rampe, from Middle French rampe, deverbal of ramper, from Old French ramper (“to crawl, climb, scale up”), from Frankish *hrampōn (“to contract oneself, wrinkle, rumple, crumple, curve”), from Proto-Germanic *hrimpaną (“to shrivel, shrink”). Cognate with German Rampf (“retraction, curvature, shrinkage, spasm”). Doublet of romp. Akin also to Old English ġehrimpan (“to wrinkle, rimple, rumple”), Old High German rimpfan (German rümpfen (“to wrinkle up”)). Compare Danish rimpe (“to fold" (archaic), "to baste”), Icelandic rimpa. More at rimple.

ramp · noun²

]See ramson.

Ramp · proper noun³

1. German · borrowed fromRamp
2. English todayRamp

Borrowed from German Ramp.

Words from the same roots