Etymology

ramsons

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Today it means: A wild relative of chives, of species Allium ursinum, having edible leaves and roots. Full definition →

Middle English ramsons ← Old English hramsan ← Proto-West Germanic *hramusō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*kremus-
  2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*hramusô“onion; leek”
  3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*hramusō
  4. Old English · inherited fromhramsa“wild garlic”
  5. Old English · derived fromhramsan
  6. Middle English · derived fromramson
  7. Middle English · inherited fromramsons
  8. English todayramsons

From Middle English ramsons, ramsens, rampsons, ramesones, ramsouns, plural of Middle English ramson, ramsen (“wild garlic”), reinterpreted as a singular form, from Old English hramsan, nominative plural of Old English hramsa (“wild garlic”), from Proto-West Germanic *hramusō, from Proto-Germanic *hramusô (“onion; leek”), from Proto-Indo-European *kremus-, *kermus- (“wild garlic; onion”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishhramsa all →

RamseyRamsden

Proto-West Germanic*hramusō all →

ramson

Proto-Germanic*hramusô all →

ramson

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.