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2007-01-05 11:16:24 · 6 answers · asked by Up your Maslow 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
It derives originally from the plant 'Michelia champaca', 'champa' being the name given to the flowers.
Those flowers were used to make a fragrant oil which was often used in massages, so in many places the two terms became confused - if you asked for one, you got both. So in many places, the words became entangled. It's like walking into a bar and saying, "Beer me!".
The act of massaging (if you think about it) is kind of what you do to your hair when you shampoo it. In many places you would get a modern shampoo along with your champo massage as well, so it's not like the two things where strangers either.
2007-01-05 11:24:40 · answer #1 · answered by Doctor Why 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Origin: 1755–65; earlier champo to massage < an inflected form of Hindi cāmpnā lit., to press
2007-01-05 11:38:24 · answer #2 · answered by ccjcjl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shampoo Word Origin
2016-10-18 04:48:44 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"ORIGIN originally in the sense massage: from a Hindi word meaning ‘to press’."
2007-01-05 11:22:35 · answer #4 · answered by Kevin2003 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOl i had my spanish exam today
its from the spanish wood champu
2007-01-05 11:23:49 · answer #5 · answered by r 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
from hindi,capna,to squeeze.
2007-01-05 11:25:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋