Where does “champi” come from?
champi (French) comes from French champ, from Middle French champ, from Old French champ, from Latin campus, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂emp-, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂em- — to bend, to curve.
champi (French): shroom, magic mushroom
Definitions
- shroom, magic mushroom
Ancestry of “champi”, step by step
champi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French champ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | champ | field in its various senses, "including" |
| 2 | Middle French | champ | field |
| 3 | Old French | champ | field; battlefield |
| 4 | Latin | campus | Open flat level ground: a plain, a natural field;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂emp- | to bend; crooked; to bend, curve |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |
via French champignon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | champignon | mushroom; fungus in general; accelerator pedal |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | campaniolus | growing in the field; grows in the field |
| 3 | Latin | campāneus | of or pertaining to the fields |
| 4 | Latin | -āneus | forming adjectives Of or pertaining to; -aneous |
| 5 | Latin | -eus | argentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-eos | Forms adjectives indicating being formed out of a material |