Where does “campanulaceous” come from?
campanulaceous (English) comes from Translingual Campanulaceae, from Translingual Campanula, from Latin campanula, from Latin Campāna, from Latin Campānus, from Latin campānia, from Latin campus, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂emp- — to bend, to curve.
campanulaceous (English): Of, relating to, or resembling the Campanulaceae,...
Definitions
- Of, relating to, or resembling the Campanulaceae,...
Ancestry of “campanulaceous”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Translingual | Campanulaceae | family |
| 2 | Translingual | Campanula | genus |
| 3 | Latin | campanula | small bell |
| 4 | Latin | Campāna | a large bell used in late classical or medieval church towers or steeples |
| 5 | Latin | Campānus | Campanian of or belonging to |
| 6 | Latin | campānia | — |
| 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 |