Where does “champ” come from?

champ (Middle French) comes from Old French champ, from Latin campus, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂emp-, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂em- — to bend, to curve.

champ (Middle French): field

Definitions

  1. field

Ancestry of “champ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchchampfield; battlefield
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

Words derived from “champ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kh₂em- →