Kemper
See also: kemper
English edit
Proper noun edit
Kemper
- A surname.
- the Breton name for Quimper, France (see Breton language entry below).
- An unincorporated community in Jersey County, Illinois, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Dillon County, South Carolina, United States.
Derived terms edit
Breton edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Breton kemper (“confluent”), from Proto-Celtic *kom-bero- (“confluence”), from *kom- (“with”) + *bereti (“to carry”).
Proper noun edit
Kemper
- Quimper (a city, the prefecture of the department of the Finistère, Brittany, France)
- Holonym: Penn-ar-Bed
Descendants edit
- → French: Quimper