Where does “pam” come from?

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

pam (Tok Pisin): pump; heart

Definitions

  1. pump; heart

Ancestry of “pam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpumpA device for moving or compressing a liquid or...
2Middle Englishpumpe—
3Middle Low Germanpumpepump; a pump
4Middle 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 →