Champagne etymology

English

English word champagne comes from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂emp-, Proto-Indo-European *kamp-, French champ, Old French (842-ca. 1400) Chanpaigne (Champagne (region of France).)

Etymology of champagne

Detailed word origin of champagne

Dictionary entry Language Definition
*kh₂emp- Proto-Indo-European (ine)
*kamp- Proto-Indo-European (ine)
champ French (fr) (heraldry) the background of a shield's design. (mathematics) a vector field, tensor field, or scalar field (but not a commutative ring with identity for which every nonzero element has a multiplicative inverse, cf. corps). A wide open space. An area of study. Field in its various senses, including:.
Chanpaigne Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro) Champagne (region of France).
campus Latin (lat) (literary) Any flat or level surface.. A field of action: scope.. A field of debate: a topic.. An opportunity.. Open flat level ground: a plain, a natural field.. The comitia centuriata, which met on the Campus Martius.. The produce of a field.
campaña Spanish (es) (heraldiccharge) base. Campaign. Countryside.
campania Late Latin (LL)
campanus Latin (lat)
campānia Late Latin (LL)
Champagne French (fr) A surname​.. Champagne, a region in the northeast of France.
champagne English (en) (intransitive) To drink champagne.. (transitive) To ply or treat with champagne. Of a very pale brownish-gold color, similar to that of champagne. (countable) A glass of champagne.. (countable) Any variety of champagne.. (informal, and legally incorrect in some jurisdictions) Any sparkling white wine.. (informal, and legally incorrect in some jurisdictions) Any sparkling wine made with the [...]

Words with the same origin as champagne

Descendants of *kh₂emp-

camp campus champion

Descendants of *kamp-

exchange