Etymology

scamper

scamp·er
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Dutch schamperen ← Old French escamper ← Vulgar Latin *excampāre
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scamper · noun, verb1

  1. Vulgar Latin · derived from*excampāre
  2. Old French · derived fromescamper
  3. Dutch · borrowed fromschamperen
  4. English todayscamper

First attested in 1687. Origin uncertain, but possibly from Dutch schamperen, from Old French escamper, from Vulgar Latin *excampāre.

scamper · noun2

From scamp + -er.

Words from the same roots

Old Frenchescamper all →

scamp

Vulgar Latin*excampāre all →

scamp

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