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KempEnglish (en) · Unnumbered etymologySource text
* As an English, Scottish, Dutch, and north/Low German surname, from the noun kemp (“champion, warrior”), similar to Kampf. * As a Dutch and West Flemish occupational surname, from Middle Dutch canep (“hemp”) (see modern hennep). * Also as a Dutch surname Van der Kemp, Brabantine variant of Van der Kamp, from van (“of”) + der (“the”) + kamp (“camp”), related to the first sense above. The place names are from the surname.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗kempEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Middle English kempe (“coarse hairs”), from Old English cenep (“moustache; bit (of a bridle, bristling with points)”), from Proto-West Germanic *kanip, from Proto-Germanic *kanipaz (“beard, moustache, whiskers”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénus (“jaw”). Related to chin.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗kempEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
From Middle English kempe, campe (“shaggy, rough”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗kempEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
From Middle English kempen, from Old English *cempan (“to do battle, fight”), from Proto-West Germanic *kampijan (“to campaign, do battle”), ultimately from Latin campus.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗kempEnglish (en) · Etymology 4Source text
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em-der. Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ém-po-s Proto-Italic *kampos Latin campusbor. Proto-West Germanic *kamp Proto-West Germanic *-jan Proto-West Germanic *kampijan Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-yos Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *-i- Proto-Indo-European *-ō Proto-Germanic *-jô Proto-West Germanic *-jō Proto-West Germanic *kampijō Old English cempa Middle English kempe English kemp From Middle English kempe, from Old English cempa (“warrior, fighter, champion”), from Proto-West Germanic *kampijō (“fighter”), ultimately from Latin campus. Doublet of champion. Cognate with literary German Kämpe (“champion, fighter”), German Kempf.
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Chambers (1908)
1908- KempEnglish · e-38538-6598
Kemp, kemp, n. the coarse rough hairs of wool: (pl.) knotty hair which will not felt.
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Kemp, kemp, n. (arch.) a champion: (Scot.) a contest in work, &c.—v.i. to strive for mastery.—ns. Kem′per, Kem′pery-man, a champion, a knight-errant. [A.S. cempa, a warrior. Cf. champion.]
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