What is the shampoo
Do you know shampoo? The word shampoo in English usage dates back to 1762, with the meaning “to massage”. The word was a loan from Anglo-Indian shampoo, in turn from Hindi ch?mpo (????? /t?ã?po?/), imperative of ch?mpn? (?????? /t?ã?pna?/), “to smear, knead the muscles, massage”. It itself comes from Sanskrit/Hindi word “champ?” (????? /t??mpa?/), the flowers of the plant Michelia champaca which have traditionally been used to make fragrant hair-oil.
The term and service was introduced by a Bengali entrepreneur Sake Dean Mahomed, who opened a shampooing bath known as ‘Mahomed’s Indian Vapour Baths’ in Brighton, England in 1759. His baths were like Turkish baths where clients received an Indian treatment of champi (shampooing) or therapeutic massage. His service was appreciated; he received the high accolade of being appointed ‘Shampooing Surgeon’ to both George IV and William IV. Read the rest of this entry »
