Etymology Explorer › Old Welsh

Where does “pimp” come from?

pimp (Old Welsh) comes from Proto-Brythonic pɨmp, from Proto-Celtic kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

Ancestry of “pimp”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Brythonicpɨmpfive
2Proto-Celtickʷenkʷefive
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

Words derived from “pimp”

  • pump
  • pymp
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →