Etymology

champaign

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Today it means: Open countryside, or an area of open countryside. Full definition →

Old French champaigne ← Late Latin campānia
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The story

  1. Late Latin · derived fromcampānia
  2. Old French · derived fromchampaigne
  3. English todaychampaign

From Old French champaigne, from Late Latin campānia.

Words from the same roots

Late Latincampānia all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.