Bumpkin Definition

Origin of Bumpkin

• From Dutch boomken (“shrub, little tree”), diminutive of boom (“tree”) (compare beam). Compare German Baumke or Bäumchen , meaning the same (German -ke, -chen, Dutch -ken). Note that the English word boom is etymologically related to the aforementioned in the sense of "large stem", or "big tree".

  From Wiktionary

• Perhaps from Flemish boomken shrub diminutive of boom tree bheuə- in Indo-European roots or from Middle Dutch bommekijn diminutive of bomme barrel

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• Probably from Dutch boomken diminutive of boom tree boom²

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition