pomp

pomp · noun, verb¹

1. Middle English · inherited frompompen
2. Ancient Greek · derived fromπομπή“a sending, a solemn procession, pomp”
3. Latin · derived frompompa“pomp”
4. Old French · derived frompompe
5. Middle English · inherited frompomp
6. English todaypomp

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 derived from Middle English pompen, from pomp, pompe (see above).

pomp · verb²

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*bamb-“round object”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*pampōną“to swell”
3. Old Saxon · derived from*pampōn
4. Middle Low German · derived frompampen“to pamper oneself, live luxuriously”
5. Middle English · inherited frompompen
6. English todaypomp

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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