English word origin

Etymology of pomp

The noun is derived from Middle English pomp, pompe, from Old French pompe, from Latin pompa (“pomp”), from Ancient Greek πομπή (pompḗ, “a sending, a solemn procession, pomp”), from πέμπω (pémpō, “to send”). The verb is

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗

verb

To make a pompous display.

noun

Show of magnificence; parade; display; power. · A procession distinguished by ostentation and splendor; a pageant.

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Inherited-form mentionpompenm
Derivation mentionpompefro
Derivation mentionpompala
Derivation mentionπομπήgrc
Inherited-form mentionpompenenm

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗

verb

To pamper.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Middle English pompen. Possibly an alteration of pampen (English pamp), from Middle Low German pampen (“to pamper oneself, live luxuriously”), from Old Saxon *pampōn, from Proto-Germanic *pampōną (“to swell”), from Proto-Indo-European *bamb- (“round object”).

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Derivation mention*pamp-gem-pro · to swell
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