champagne

champagne (“wine from the Champagne region of France”); sparkling wine, generic champagne; base; bottom third of a coat of arms

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em-der. Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ém-po-s Proto-Italic *kampos Latin campus Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin -āneus Latin campāneus Late Latin campānia Old French Champagne French Champagne French champagne From the region Champagne, from Late Latin campānia (in this case, Campania Remensis specifically), from cam

an expanse of flat and open cultivated earth

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em-der. Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ém-po-s Proto-Italic *kampos Latin campus Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin -āneus Latin campāneus Late Latin campānia Old French champagne French champagne Inherited from Old French champagne, champaigne, from Late Latin campānia, from campāneus, from Latin campus. Compare Occitan