Etymology

rampart

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Today it means: A defensive mound of earth or a wall with a broad top and usually a stone parapet; a wall-like ridge of earth, stones or debris; an embankment for defensive purpose. Full definition →

Middle French rempart ← Old French remparer ← Old Occitan amparer
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The story

  1. Vulgar Latin · derived from*anteparō“to prepare”
  2. Old Occitan · derived fromamparer
  3. Old French · derived fromremparer“to defend, fortify, inclose with a rampart”
  4. Middle French · borrowed fromrempart“rampart of a fort”
  5. English todayrampart

Borrowed from Middle French rempart (“rampart of a fort”), from Old French remparer (“to defend, fortify, inclose with a rampart”), from re- (“again”) + emparer (“defend, fortify, surround, seize, take possession of”), from Old Occitan amparer, from Vulgar Latin *anteparō (“to prepare”), from ante- + parō (“to prepare”).

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