ramson

English

Ramsons

Alternative forms

• ramps, ramsh (Scotland)

Etymology

Back-formation from ramsons; compare Middle English ramson (originally plural, taken as singular); Old English hramesan, plural of hramsa (“onion, broad-leafed garlic”), from Proto-West Germanic *hramusō, from Proto-Germanic *hramusô (“onion, leek”), from Proto-Indo-European *kermus-, *kremus- (“wild garlic”). Cognate with Scots ramps (“wild garlic”), Dutch rams (“ramson”), Danish rams (“ramson”), Swedish ramslök (“wild garlic”). See buckrams.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹæmsən/

Noun

ramson (plural ramsons)

1. A plant, Allium ursinum, a wild relative of chives and garlic.

Synonyms

• (Allium ursinum): buckram, wild garlic

Translations

ramsons — see ramsons

See also

• ramp

Anagrams

• Armons, Manors, Marons, Marson, Ransom, Romans, Rosman, manors, morans, mornas, normas, ransom, sarmon

Middle English

Alternative forms

• ramesen, rampson, rampsoun, ramsen, ramsoun, ramsyn

Etymology

The old plural of ramese (from Old English hramsa (“ramsons”)) taken as a singular.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈram(p)sən/

Noun

ramson (plural ramsons)

1. ramsons (Allium ursinum)

   Synonyms: affodill, ramese

Descendants

• English: ramson, ramsons

References

• “ramsen, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.