From Middle English pampen, from Middle Low German pampen, from Old Saxon *pampōn, from Proto-Germanic *pamp-, from Proto-Indo-European *bamb-. Cognate with West Frisian pampelje, Dutch pampelen, pamperen, German pampfen, bamben, Norwegian pampa.
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