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Where does “campaign” come from?

Campaign comes from French campagne, from Italian campagna, from Latin campus meaning "field," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European kh₂em-.

campaign (English): A series of operations undertaken to achieve a...

Definitions

  1. A series of operations undertaken to achieve a...

Ancestry of “campaign”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcampagnecountry , countryside; campaign
2Italiancampagnarural area: country, countryside; cultivated...
3Latincampānia—
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

Words derived from “campaign”

  • campaigning
  • campaigner
  • precampaign
  • countercampaign
  • postcampaign
  • noncampaign
  • midcampaign
  • campaignlike
  • outcampaign
  • noncampaigning
  • campaignist
  • campaignspeak
  • multicampaign
  • anticampaign
  • e-campaign
  • e-campaigning
  • cybercampaign
  • キャンペーン
  • 캠페인
  • קמפיין
  • kampeni
  • kempen
  • kempen
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