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