Origin of Phrases - S
Shampoo
The word comes from the Indian word champo. Early travelers to India noticed that sultans and nabobs had several servants who massaged their bodies after hot baths. Champo is the native term for "to press," which was the method of massaging the body with knuckles. The term was taken back with the travelers to England, but only the wealthy could afford a professional bath attendant on the household staff. By 1860, shampooing was reduced to the operation of washing and rubbing only the scalp.