pamper

Meaning

Verb

• To treat with excessive care, attention or indulgence.
• To feed luxuriously.

Origin

• From Middle English pamperen ("to cram with food"), from Middle Dutch *pamperen ("to cram with food"), frequentative of *pampen, 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").