champagne

champagne · noun, adjective, verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*kh₂emp-“to bend, curve”
2. Latin · derived fromcampus“level ground; field, plain”
3. Late Latin · derived fromcampānia
4. French · borrowed fromchampagne“sparkling wine from the Champagne region”
5. English todaychampagne

Borrowed from French champagne (“sparkling wine from the Champagne region”), from Champagne (“region and former province of France”), from Late Latin campānia (in full Campānia Rēmēnsis), from campāneus (“of or pertaining to the fields”), from Latin campus (“level ground; field, plain”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂emp- (“to bend, curve”). The English word is a doublet of campagna (“flat stretch of countryside”) (dated), campaign, and campania.

Champagne · proper noun, noun²

1. French · borrowed fromChampagne
2. English todayChampagne

Borrowed from French Champagne. Doublet of Campania.

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