champ

champ · noun, verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European*kh₂em-
2. Proto-Indo-European*kh₂ém-po-s
3. Proto-Italic*kampos
4. Latincampus
5. Proto-West Germanic*kamp
6. Proto-West Germanic*kampijan
7. Frankish*kampijō
8. Medieval Latincampiō
9. Old Frenchchampiun
10. Middle Englishchampioun
11. Englishchampion
12. English todaychamp

Clipping of champion /championship.

champ · noun, verb²

1. Middle English · inherited fromchampen
2. English todaychamp

From Middle English champen, chammen (“to bite; gnash the teeth”), perhaps originally imitative.

champ · noun³

From champagne by shortening.

champ · noun, verb⁴

1. French · borrowed fromchamp m“field”
2. English todaychamp

Borrowed from French champ m (“field”). Doublet of campus and camp.

champ · verb⁵

Blend of church + camp or back-formation from champing.

Champ · proper noun⁶

Clipping of Champlain (“Lake Champlain”).

Words from the same roots