English
shampoo
Shampoo comes from Hindi चाँपो.
- Hindic. 1500–presentचाँपोcā̃po
- Englishearliest quotation 2010shampoo
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Hindic. 1500–presentचाँपोcā̃po
- Englishearliest quotation 2010shampoo
Earliest quotation: 2010, Rudyard Kipling with James Daley, The Maltese Cat: “Each pony had his sais, his groom, who lived…”
Every English word from Hindi चाँपो
Today it means
noun A traditional Indian and Persian body massage given after pouring warm water over the body and rubbing it with extracts from herbs.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hindi चाँपो / shampoo