Where does “κάμπος” come from?

κάμπος (Greek) comes from Byzantine Greek κάμπος, from Latin campus, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂emp-, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂em- — to bend, to curve.

κάμπος (Greek): plain

Definitions

  1. plain

Ancestry of “κάμπος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Byzantine Greekκάμποςsea monster; plain
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
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