Where does “camposa” come from?

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

camposa (Galician): lawn an open space between woods

Definitions

  1. lawn an open space between woods

Ancestry of “camposa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galiciancampofield; meadow, pasture; farmland
2Old Portuguesecampo—
3LatincampusOpen flat level ground: a plain, a natural field;...
4Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂emp-to bend; crooked; to bend, curve
5Proto-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 →