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Originally Posted by Lurker
Nope. It's from Romany Gypsy 'chavi' meaning child or 'chav' meaning mate.
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This is one possible origin. But I think it's interesting that for a word that has become so commonplace so recently (certainly no earlier than the 1990s), the origin is so vague.
I know that I was aware of people being 'chavvy' before this, but the meaning was different. Same with the Romany or Gypsy words.