Where does “Pumps” come from?

Pumps (German) comes from English pumps, from English pump, from Middle English pumpe, from Middle Low German pumpe, from Middle Dutch pompe — device for raising water, pump; pipe, water...

Pumps (German): pump

Definitions

  1. pump

Ancestry of “Pumps”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishpumpsplural of pump; Third-person singular simple...
2EnglishpumpA device for moving or compressing a liquid or...
3Middle Englishpumpe—
4Middle Low Germanpumpepump; a pump
5Middle Dutchpompedevice for raising water, pump; pipe, water...
Every word from Middle Dutch pompe →Every word from Middle Low German pumpe →Every word from Middle English pumpe →