Where does “Champlain” come from?
Champlain (French) comes from French champ, from Middle French champ, from Old French champ, from Latin campus, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂emp-, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂em- — to bend, to curve.
Champlain (French): Champlain; Samuel de Champlain, French geographer and explorer
Definitions
- Champlain; Samuel de Champlain, French geographer and explorer
Ancestry of “Champlain”, step by step
Champlain traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French champ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | champ | field in its various senses, "including" |
| 2 | Middle French | champ | field |
| 3 | Old French | champ | field; battlefield |
| 4 | Latin | campus | Open flat level ground: a plain, a natural field;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂emp- | to bend; crooked; to bend, curve |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |