Etymograph

English

rammel

Rammel comes from Latin ramus ‘a branch’, and perhaps goes back to Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds ‘root’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wréh₂ds1‘root’uncertain
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wr(e)h₂dmos1uncertain
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wrādmos1uncertain
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEramus2‘a branch’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1606rammel2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin ramus
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English rammel
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1606, Caius [i.e., The Historie of Nero Claudius Cæsar: “And becauſe he vvould not miſſe, but lay faſt…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wréh₂dsWiktionary, Latin ramus‘root’uncertain
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wr(e)h₂dmosWiktionary, Latin ramusuncertain
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wrādmosWiktionary, Latin ramusuncertain
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEramusWiktionary, English rammel‘a branch’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1606rammelWiktionary, English rammel. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1606, Caius [i.e., The Historie of Nero Claudius Cæsar: “And becauſe he vvould not miſſe, but lay faſt…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds ‘root’

race, root, radical, eradicate, eradication, rote, wort, radish, radix, 26 more

through Latin ramus ‘a branch’

rance, ramus, 11 more

Today it means

noun Refuse matter.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “rammel”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin ramus. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds / rammel

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