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Where does “shampoo” come from?

Shampoo comes from Hindi चाँपो, derived from Sanskrit चपयति meaning to press or knead.

shampoo (English): A traditional Indian and Persian body massage...

Definitions

  1. A traditional Indian and Persian body massage...

Ancestry of “shampoo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Urduچان٘پو—
2Hindiचाँपोinflection of चाँपना : ## second-person plural...
3Hindiचाँपनाto press, to squeeze, to knead; to shampoo; to...
4Sanskritचपयतिto pound, kneed; to pound, to knead; to pound,...

Words derived from “shampoo”

  • shampooing
  • shampooer
  • shampooable
  • shampoolike
  • shampooey
  • reshampoo
  • shampoo
  • champú
  • shampoo
  • dopo-shampoo
  • shampista
  • sciampo
  • sciampista
  • shampooing
  • Schampon
  • Shampoo
  • Haarshampoo
  • xampu
  • shampoo
  • autoshampoo
  • shamponoida
  • shampoo
  • xampú
  • ŝampuo
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