Where does “chan” come from?

chan (Antillean Creole) comes from French champ, from Middle French champ, from Old French champ, from Latin campus, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂emp-, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂em- — to bend, to curve.

chan (Antillean Creole): free space; open land

Definitions

  1. free space; open land

Ancestry of “chan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchchampfield in its various senses, "including"
2Middle Frenchchampfield
3Old Frenchchampfield; battlefield
4LatincampusOpen flat level ground: a plain, a natural field;...
5Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂emp-to bend; crooked; to bend, curve
6Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂em-to bend, to curve
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kh₂em- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kh₂emp- →Every word from Latin campus →