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English word origin

Etymology of pamp

From Middle English pampen, from Middle Low German pampen (“to pamper oneself, live luxuriously”), from Old Saxon *pampōn, from Proto-West Germanic *pampōn, from Proto-Germanic *pampōną (“to swell”), from Proto-Indo-Euro

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Source etymology 1

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verb

To pamper.

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From Middle English pampen, from Middle Low German pampen (“to pamper oneself, live luxuriously”), from Old Saxon *pampōn, from Proto-West Germanic *pampōn, from Proto-Germanic *pampōną (“to swell”), from Proto-Indo-European *bamb- (“round object”). Cognate with West Frisian pampe (“to stuff, cram”), Dutch pampen (“to cram”), German Low German pampen (“to crush, pound, stuff oneself”), German bampfen, pampen, pampfen (“to cram, gobble, eat greedily”), Norwegian Nynorsk pampa (“to stuff oneself, cram”), Swedish pampen (“stuffed, swollen up”). Compare also Saterland Frisian pämpelje (“to nurture, care for, feed”), West Frisian pampelje (“to pamper”), Dutch pampelen, pamperen (“to cram, pamper”).

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  • Inherited-form mentionpampenenm
  • Derivation mentionpampengml · to pamper oneself, live luxuriously
  • Derivation mention*pampōnosx
  • Derivation mention*pampōngmw-pro
  • Derivation mention*pamp-gem-pro · to swell
  • Derivation mention*bamb-ine-pro · round object
  • Cognate mentionpampefy · to stuff, cram
  • Cognate mentionpampennl · to cram
  • Cognate mentionbampfende
  • Cognate mentionpampann · to stuff oneself, cram
  • Cognate mentionpampensv · stuffed, swollen up
  • Cognate mentionpämpeljestq · to nurture, care for, feed
  • Cognate mentionpampeljefy · to pamper
  • Cognate mentionpampelennl
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