"field" in seven languages
Meaningfield
Spanish
campo
/ˈkampo/
masc.inherited
Also 'the countryside': vivir en el campo.
French
champ
/ʃɑ̃/
masc.inherited
The countryside is la campagne, from CAMPĀNIA.
Italian
campo
/ˈkampo/
masc.inherited
Portuguese
campo
/ˈkɐ̃pu/
masc.inherited
Romanian
câmp
/kɨmp/
neut.inherited
Catalan
camp
/kam/
masc.inherited
English
field
/fild/
native English · Old English feld
English → ItalianfieldcampoNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: camp, campus, champion, campaign, champagne.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
CAMPUM‘field, open plain’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
French turned CA- into cha- (champ), so English has both camp (Latin/Italian shape) and champion (French shape) from one word. Champagne is the 'open-country' region.
English relatives: camp, campus, champion, campaign, champagne
Sound laws at work
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In a sentence
- esLas vacas están en el campo.
- frLes vaches sont dans le champ.
- itLe mucche sono nel campo.
- ptAs vacas estão no campo.
- roVacile sunt pe câmp.
- caLes vaques són al camp.
- enThe cows are in the field.