Where does “campa” come from?

campa (French) comes from French camper, from Latin campus, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂emp-, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂em- — to bend, to curve.

campa (French): third-person singular past historic of camper

Definitions

  1. third-person singular past historic of camper

Ancestry of “campa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcamperto camp
2LatincampusOpen flat level ground: a plain, a natural field;...
3Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂emp-to bend; crooked; to bend, curve
4Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂em-to bend, to curve
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kh₂em- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kh₂emp- →Every word from Latin campus →
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