English word origin

Etymology of Ramus

Borrowed from New Latin Ramus, from Middle French de La Ramée.

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Source etymology 1

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name

Petrus Ramus (1515–1572), French humanist, logician, and educational reformer, originally named Pierre de la Ramée.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Borrowed from New Latin Ramus, from Middle French de La Ramée.

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

Derivation mentionde La Raméefrm

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Source etymology 2

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name

A surname.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Two main origins: * Borrowed from French Ramus, from Old French ramu (“branch”), a topographic surname for someone who lived in a wooded place. * Borrowed from Dutch Ramus, from a personal name composed of the Proto-Germanic elements *hrabnaz (“raven”) and *waldą (“might, power, force”).

Relationships mentioned by the source

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Borrowed-form mentionRamusfr
Derivation mentionramufro
Borrowed-form mentionRamusnl

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