kemp

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A coarse or bristly hair, whisker; (in the plural) knotty hairs that will not felt. countable,dialectal,obsolete,uncountable
  2. A contest in work, etc. Scotland,archaic
  3. A champion; a knight. obsolete
  4. Rough hair, wool, or fur. countable,dialectal,obsolete,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To strive or contend in any way; strive for victory. intransitive,obsolete
形容词 adj.
  1. Shaggy; rough. obsolete

词形变化

kemps plural camp alternative,rare more kemp comparative most kemp superlative kemps present,singular,third-person kemping participle,present kemped participle,past kemped past kemps plural kemps plural

词源

词源 1
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.
词源 2
From Middle English kempe, campe (“shaggy, rough”).
词源 3
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.
词源 4
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em-der.
Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ém-po-s
Proto-Italic *kampos
Latin campusbor.
Proto-West Germanic *kamp
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Germanic *-janą
Proto-West Germanic *-jan
Proto-West Germanic *kampijan
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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