Where does “pompeux” come from?

pompeux (Old French) comes from Late Latin pomposus, from Latin pompa, from Ancient Greek πομπή, from Ancient Greek -ή, from Ancient Greek -ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

Ancestry of “pompeux”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinpomposus—
2Latinpompaprocession, parade; pomp
3Ancient Greekπομπήa sending; a solemn procession; pomp
4Ancient Greek-ήsuffix of feminine nouns in the [[Appendix:Ancient Greek first declension
5Ancient Greek-ᾱnominal suffix
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “pompeux”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek -ή →Every word from Ancient Greek -ᾱ →