Campestral
/kæmˈpɛstrəl/noun
Relating to fields or open countryside.
Did you know?Campestral comes from Latin *campester*, from *campus* meaning “field” or “open plain,” and that same root also gave us some of the most unexpectedly modern words about competition and emptiness.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*kh₂emp-
“to bend, curve, or be crooked”
Latin
Latin
campus
“a field, plain, or open stretch of land”
Latin
Latin
campester
“of the field; belonging to the plain”
Late Latin
Latin
campestralis
“pertaining to fields or open country”
Middle English / Early Modern English
English
campestral
“of or relating to fields or the countryside”