Where does “kampo” come from?
kampo (Esperanto) comes from Japanese 漢方, from Chinese 漢, from Vietnamese hạn, from Chinese 恨.
kampo (Esperanto): field
Ancestry of “kampo”, step by step
kampo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 漢方
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 漢方 | Chinese medicine and health practices: the use of... |
| 2 | Chinese | 漢 | — |
| 3 | Vietnamese | hạn | drought; dryness; misfortune; bad luck; unlucky |
| 4 | Chinese | 恨 | — |
via Latin campus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | campus | Open flat level ground: a plain, a natural field;... |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂emp- | to bend; crooked; to bend, curve |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |
Words derived from “kampo”