Where does “campagna” come from?
campagna (Italian) comes from Latin campānia, from Latin campus, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂emp-, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂em- — to bend, to curve.
campagna (Italian): rural area: country, countryside; cultivated...
Definitions
- rural area: country, countryside; cultivated...
Ancestry of “campagna”, step by step
campagna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin campānia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | campānia | — |
| 2 | Latin | campus | Open flat level ground: a plain, a natural field;... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂emp- | to bend; crooked; to bend, curve |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |
via Late Latin campania
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | campania | open country, battlefield; field; level country |