Bumpkin
/ˈbʌmp.kɪn/noun
A rustic or unsophisticated person; a country bumpkin.
Did you know?The word likely began in Dutch as a term for a small bird or a little wooden object, then shifted through English dialects into a label for a rustic person.
Etymological Timeline
16th Century
Dutch
boomken
“a little tree; a small wooden stump”
16th–17th Century
English
bumpkin
“a small stump or wooden block; also a small bird in some dialect use”
17th Century
English
bumpkin
“a rustic or awkward country person”
Modern English
English
bumpkin
“an unsophisticated rural person”