ramson

== English == === 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/ Rhymes: -æmsən === Noun === ramson (plural ramsons) A plant, Allium ursinum, a wild relative of chives and garlic. ==== Synonyms ==== (Allium ursinum): buckram, wild garlic ==== Translations ==== ==== 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) ramsons (Allium ursinum) Synonyms: affodill, ramese ==== Descendants ==== English: ramson, ramsons ==== References ==== “ramsen, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.