Where does “champ” come from?

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

champ (Old French): field; battlefield

Definitions

  1. field; battlefield

Ancestry of “champ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatincampusOpen flat level ground: a plain, a natural field;...
2Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂emp-to bend; crooked; to bend, curve
3Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂em-to bend, to curve

Words derived from “champ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kh₂em- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kh₂emp- →Every word from Latin campus →