Ramus

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɹeɪməs/ Rhymes: -eɪməs === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from New Latin Ramus, from Middle French de La Ramée. ==== Proper noun ==== Ramus Petrus Ramus (1515–1572), French humanist, logician, and educational reformer, originally named Pierre de la Ramée. ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === 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”). ==== Proper noun ==== Ramus (plural Ramuses) A surname. ===== Statistics ===== According to the 2010 United States Census, Ramus is the 39486th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 557 individuals. Ramus is most common among White (68.22%) and Hispanic/Latino (24.78%) individuals. ==== Further reading ==== Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ramus”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN. == Latin == === Etymology === Derived from Middle French de La Ramée. === Pronunciation === (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈraː.mus] === Proper noun === Ramus m sg (genitive Ramī); second declension (New Latin) a surname famously held by: Pierre de La Ramée (Latinized to Petrus Ramus). ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only.