pamper
/ˈpæm.pə(ɹ)/ · verb
Meaning
- To treat with excessive care, attention or indulgence.
- To feed luxuriously.
- To put someone in pampers (a diaper).
- Alternative form of pampers.
Etymology / origin
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”).
- pampe(da)→
- pampfen(de)→
- pampen(gml)→
- pamperen(vls)→
- *bamb-(ine-pro)→
- *pamp-(gem-pro)→
- *pamperen(dum)→
- pamperen(enm)→
- pamper (English)
- Relations: inh, der, der, der, cog, cog, cog, cog
Related words
Descendant words
- pampers(Azerbaijani) (der)
- pamper(Dutch) (der)
- pamperen(Dutch) (bor)
- Pampers(German) (der)
- pamper(Indonesian) (der)
- pampers(Romanian) (der)
- памперс(Russian) (der)
- pampers(Tagalog) (der)
- памперс(Ukrainian) (der)
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