Where does “Cumpănița” come from?
Cumpănița (Romanian) comes from Romanian Cumpăna, from Romanian cumpănă, from Old Church Slavonic кѫпона, from Latin Campāna, from Latin Campānus, from Latin campānia, from Latin campus, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂emp- — to bend, to curve.
Ancestry of “Cumpănița”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | Cumpăna | balance, scales |
| 2 | Romanian | cumpănă | balance, scales; equilibrium; measure |
| 3 | Old Church Slavonic | кѫпона | — |
| 4 | Latin | Campāna | a large bell used in late classical or medieval church towers or steeples |
| 5 | Latin | Campānus | Campanian of or belonging to |
| 6 | Latin | campānia | — |
| 7 | Latin | campus | Open flat level ground: a plain, a natural field;... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂emp- | to bend; crooked; to bend, curve |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |