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campagna
Campagna comes from Italian campagna ‘campaign’, from Late Latin campānia ‘plain’, and ultimately from Latin campus ‘level field’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcampus‘level field’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcampāneus‘of fields, in a plain’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEcampānia‘plain’
- Italianc. 1300–presentcampagna‘campaign’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcampus‘level field’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcampāneus‘of fields, in a plain’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEcampānia‘plain’
- Italianc. 1300–presentcampagna‘campaign’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em- ‘to bend, to curve’
camera, chamber, chimney, cabaret, kam, camaraderie, gam, skimp, camber, cantonment, jamb, gamba, chambray, 22 more
through Latin campus ‘level field’
champion, campus, champ, kemp, campo, campion, 9 more
through Late Latin campānia ‘plain’
Today it means
noun A flat stretch of countryside; open rural plain.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin campus / campagna