Stomp
/stɒmp/noun
To tread heavily or violently, or a heavy step or dance movement.
Did you know?“Stomp” is a later expressive form related to words for striking and stepping, and its blunt sound helped give English a word that feels like the action itself.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*stepp-
“to step, tread”
Old English
OE
stempan
“to stamp or tread heavily”
Middle English
Middle English
stompen
“to tread heavily; stamp”
16th-17th Century
English
stomp
“to tread or trample heavily”
Modern English
English
stomp
“to tread heavily; a heavy step or forceful dance movement”