pamper

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*bamb-“round object”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*pamp-“to swell”
3. Middle Dutch · derived from*pamperen“to cram with food”
4. Middle English · inherited frompamperen“to cram with food”
5. English todaypamper

From Middle English pamperen (“to cram with food”), from Middle Dutch *pamperen (“to cram with food”), frequentative of *pampen (“to stuff”), from Proto-Germanic *pamp- (“to swell”), from Proto-Indo-European *bamb- (“round object”), equivalent to pamp + -er. Cognate with West Flemish pamperen (“to cram with food, overindulge”), Middle Low German pampen (“to stuff oneself”), dialectal German pampfen (“to cram”), dialectal Danish pampe (“to boast, brag”).

Words from the same roots