Where does “campanello” come from?
campanello (Italian) comes from Italian campana, from Late Latin campana, from Latin Campana, from Latin Campanus, from Latin Campania, from Latin campus, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂emp-, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂em- — to bend, to curve.
campanello (Italian): doorbell, bell; handbell; bell
Definitions
- doorbell, bell; handbell; bell
Ancestry of “campanello”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | campana | bell |
| 2 | Late Latin | campana | stilyard; bell; bell; a large bell used in late... |
| 3 | Latin | Campana | nominative feminine singular of Campānus;... |
| 4 | Latin | Campanus | Campanian |
| 5 | Latin | Campania | the level country; Campania; a region of Italy in... |
| 6 | Latin | campus | Open flat level ground: a plain, a natural field;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂emp- | to bend; crooked; to bend, curve |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |