Where does “Beauchamp” come from?
Beauchamp comes from French Beauchamp, a place name combining French beau from Latin bellus meaning beautiful with French champ from Latin campus meaning field.
Beauchamp (English): The name of several places in Northern France
Definitions
- The name of several places in Northern France
Ancestry of “Beauchamp”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | Beauchamp | the name of several places in France |
| 2 | French | beau | handsome, fine, attractive; nice; fair |
| 3 | Middle French | beau | beautiful; handsome; attractive |
| 4 | Old French | beau | Alternative form of biau; fair |
| 5 | Latin | bellus | beautiful, pretty, handsome; pleasant, agreeable,... |
| 6 | Latin | villus | hair, tuft of hair, shaggy hair |
| 7 | Latin | vellus | The wool shorn from a sheep; fleece; wool; The... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂welh₁- | to rule; strong, powerful; hair; wool |