Kemp Definition
Other Word Forms of Kemp
Noun
Singular:
kemp
Plural:
kempsOrigin of Kemp
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From Middle English kempe (“coarse hairs”), from Old English cenep (“moustache; bit (of a bridle, bristling with points)”), from Proto-Germanic *kanipaz (“beard, moustache, whiskers”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenHw-, *ǵnā(w)- (“jaw”). Related to camp, chin.
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