Where does “campainha” come from?
campainha (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese campaynna, from Galician campa, from Old Portuguese campãa, from Late Latin campana, from Latin Campana, from Latin Campanus, from Latin Campania, from Latin campus — to bend, to curve.
campainha (Portuguese): bell, handbell; doorbell; uvula
Definitions
- bell, handbell; doorbell; uvula
Ancestry of “campainha”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | campaynna | a small bell |
| 2 | Galician | campa | sarcophagus or tomb lid; horizontal tombstone;... |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | campãa | bell |
| 4 | Late Latin | campana | stilyard; bell; bell; a large bell used in late... |
| 5 | Latin | Campana | nominative feminine singular of Campānus;... |
| 6 | Latin | Campanus | Campanian |
| 7 | Latin | Campania | the level country; Campania; a region of Italy in... |
| 8 | Latin | campus | Open flat level ground: a plain, a natural field;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂emp- | to bend; crooked; to bend, curve |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |