Where does “campanile” come from?
Campanile comes from Italian campanile, from Italian campana (bell), from Latin campanus (of the Campania region), from Latin campus (field), from Proto-Indo-European kamp-.
campanile (English): A bell tower , often associated with a church or...
Definitions
- A bell tower , often associated with a church or...
Ancestry of “campanile”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | campanile | bell tower; belfry |
| 2 | Italian | campana | bell |
| 3 | Late Latin | campana | stilyard; bell; bell; a large bell used in late... |
| 4 | Latin | Campana | nominative feminine singular of Campānus;... |
| 5 | Latin | Campanus | Campanian |
| 6 | Latin | Campania | the level country; Campania; a region of Italy in... |
| 7 | Latin | campus | Open flat level ground: a plain, a natural field;... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂emp- | to bend; crooked; to bend, curve |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |