Etymology

rampage

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Scots rampage
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  1. Scots · borrowed fromrampage
  2. English todayrampage

From Scots rampage, equivalent to ramp + -age. Perhaps influenced by Middle English rampnen (“to force, ram”), from Old English *hrampian, from Proto-West Germanic *hrampōn (“to obstruct, hinder”), see ramp.

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