Where does “campa” come from?
campa (Italian) comes from Italian campare, from Italian campo, from Latin campus, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂emp-, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂em- — to bend, to curve.
campa (Italian): inflection of campare:
## third-person singular...
Definitions
- inflection of campare:
## third-person singular...
Ancestry of “campa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | campare | to live, manage or get by |
| 2 | Italian | campo | field; battlefield, airfield; range |
| 3 | Latin | campus | Open flat level ground: a plain, a natural field;... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂emp- | to bend; crooked; to bend, curve |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |