Where does “canpo” come from?

canpo (Venetian) comes from Latin campus, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂emp-, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂em- — to bend, to curve.

canpo (Venetian): field; battlefield etc; small square

Definitions

  1. field; battlefield etc; small square

Ancestry of “canpo”, 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kh₂em- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kh₂emp- →Every word from Latin campus →
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