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Where does “pompa” come from?

pompa (Spanish) comes from Latin pompa, from Ancient Greek πομπή, from Ancient Greek -ή, from Ancient Greek -ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

pompa (Spanish): pomp; boastfulness, ostentation, pageantry,...

Definitions

  1. pomp; boastfulness, ostentation, pageantry,...

Ancestry of “pompa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpompaprocession, parade; pomp
2Ancient Greekπομπήa sending; a solemn procession; pomp
3Ancient Greek-ή—
4Ancient Greek-ᾱnominal suffix
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “pompa”

  • pompo
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