I don't know if you read it (because it's in French) but it basically says that it comes from shampoo (which comes from the Hindi champoo) but not why it comes from the gerund shampooing.
I googled for a good half hour and came across that link in my searches, but no clear consensus on why it stems from the gerund form.
The only thing I can think of is that the original Hindi word is "to lather/massage" so maybe the French took the English transliteration and merged it with its Hindi gerund origin to end up with shampooing?
vijayp|9 years ago
ComputerGuru|9 years ago
I googled for a good half hour and came across that link in my searches, but no clear consensus on why it stems from the gerund form.
The only thing I can think of is that the original Hindi word is "to lather/massage" so maybe the French took the English transliteration and merged it with its Hindi gerund origin to end up with shampooing?