The story
- Latin · derived fromcampī“fields”
- Middle French · derived fromchampart“field rent (portion of produce of field paid to feudal lord)”
- Middle English · inherited fromchampartie
- English todaychamperty
From Middle English champartie, from Middle French champart (“field rent (portion of produce of field paid to feudal lord)”), probably from Latin campī (“fields”) + pars (“part”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.