Where does “campo” come from?

campo (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese campo, from Latin campus, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂emp-, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂em- — to bend, to curve.

campo (Galician): field; meadow, pasture; farmland

Definitions

  1. field; meadow, pasture; farmland

Ancestry of “campo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesecampo—
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

Words derived from “campo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kh₂em- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kh₂emp- →Every word from Latin campus →