pompous

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπομπή“a sending, a solemn procession, pomp”
2. Latin · derived frompompa“pomp”
3. Late Latin · derived frompomposus
4. Old French · derived frompompeux
5. Middle English · inherited frompompous
6. English todaypompous

From Middle English pompous, from Old French pompeux, pompos, from Late Latin pomposus, from Latin pompa (“pomp”), from Ancient Greek πομπή (pompḗ, “a sending, a solemn procession, pomp”), from πέμπω (pémpō, “to send”), equivalent to pomp + -ous. Doublet of pomposo.

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