campio

campio

See also: campió

Latin

Etymology

    Borrowed from Frankish *kampijō, from *kampijan (to do battle), from Proto-West Germanic *kamp (field, field of battle; battle), from Latin campus (place or field of action); see English champion and kemp for further discussion.

    Noun

    campiō m (genitive campiōnis); third declension (Early Medieval Latin)

    1. fighter

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative campiō campiōnēs
    genitive campiōnis campiōnum
    dative campiōnī campiōnibus
    accusative campiōnem campiōnēs
    ablative campiōne campiōnibus
    vocative campiō campiōnēs

    Descendants

    • Italo-Romance:
      • Italian: campione (see there for further descendants)
      • Neapolitan: campione, campeione
      • Sicilian: campiuni
    • Northern Gallo-Romance:
      • Franco-Provençal: champion
      • Old French: champiun (see there for further descendants)
    • Southern Gallo-Romance:
    • Borrowings:

    References