Where does “campanulately” come from?
campanulately (English) comes from English campanulate, from Latin campanula, from Latin Campāna, from Latin Campānus, from Latin campānia, from Latin campus, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂emp-, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂em- — to bend, to curve.
campanulately (English): In a campanulate manner
Definitions
- In a campanulate manner
Ancestry of “campanulately”, step by step
campanulately traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English campanulate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | campanulate | Shaped like a bell |
| 2 | Latin | campanula | small bell |
| 3 | Latin | Campāna | a large bell used in late classical or medieval church towers or steeples |
| 4 | Latin | Campānus | Campanian of or belonging to |
| 5 | Latin | campānia | — |
| 6 | Latin | campus | Open flat level ground: a plain, a natural field;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂emp- | to bend; crooked; to bend, curve |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |