Where does “kempio” come from?

kempio (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-Germanic *kamp, from Latin campus, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂emp-, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂em- — to bend, to curve.

Ancestry of “kempio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*kamp
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 “kempio

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