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Where does “fuoricampo” come from?

fuoricampo (Italian) comes from Italian campo, from Latin campus, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂emp-, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂em- — to bend, to curve.

fuoricampo (Italian): offscreen

Definitions

  1. offscreen

Ancestry of “fuoricampo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancampofield; battlefield, airfield; range
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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