Where does “plump” come from?

Plump comes from Middle English plumpen, from Middle Dutch plomp, of uncertain ultimate origin.

plump (English): Having a full and rounded shape; chubby, somewhat...

Definitions

  1. Having a full and rounded shape; chubby, somewhat...

Ancestry of “plump”, step by step

plump traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English plump

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishplump—
2Middle Dutchplomp—

via German plump

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanplumpcrude, clumsy; squat, stumpy
2Middle Low Germanplump—

Words derived from “plump”

Every word from Middle Dutch plomp →Every word from Middle English plump →