Where does “campas” come from?

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

campas (French): second-person singular past historic of camper

Definitions

  1. second-person singular past historic of camper

Ancestry of “campas”, 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 →