c.1443, perhaps frequentative of romen "to walk, go" (see roam), perhaps via romblen (c.1378) "to ramble." The vowel change probably by infl. of M.Du. rammelen, a derivative of rammen "copulate," "used of the night wanderings of the amorous cat" [Weekley]. Meaning "to talk or write incoherently" is from 1640.
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