ramp.
disaster, catastrophe
Meaning & usage
disaster, catastrophe
an accident
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch ramp (“misfortune”). Related to rimpel (“wrinkle”). In the 19th century, the grammatical gender of the word was a matter of debate. It was finally standardized as feminine, departing from its historical masculine gender.
a ramp
a driveway
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French rampe, back-formation of Old French ramper, from Frankish *rampōn, *hrampōn (“to contract oneself”).
a construction to do skating tricks, usually in the form of one half of a pipe, a half-pipe
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from English ramp, from French rampe.
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