Where does “campanie” come from?
campanie (Middle Dutch) comes from French campagne, from Italian campagna, from Latin campānia, from Latin campus, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂emp-, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂em- — to bend, to curve.
Ancestry of “campanie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | campagne | country (the country, rural area, as opposed to the town or city), countryside |
| 2 | Italian | campagna | rural area: country, countryside; cultivated... |
| 3 | Latin | campānia | — |
| 4 | Latin | campus | Open flat level ground: a plain, a natural field;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂emp- | to bend; crooked; to bend, curve |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |