Subject: A.Word.A.Day--campanology
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 1994 00:03:08 -0400 (EDT)
cam.pa.nol.o.gy \-'na_:l-*-je_-\ n : the art of bell ringing
-- cam.pa.nol.o.gist n
And a "campanile" is a bell tower.
And, oh happy day, in looking up etymology of "campanile"
I found out where the "camp- " came from!
campanile
SYLLABICATION: cam·pa·ni·le
PRONUNCIATION: kmp-nl
NOUN: Inflected forms: pl. cam·pa·ni·les (-lz) or cam·pa·ni·li (-l)
A bell tower, especially one near but not attached to a church or other public building.
ETYMOLOGY: French, from Italian, from campana, bell, from Late Latin campna, bell (made of metal produced in Campania), from Latin campnus, of Campania, from Campnia, Campania.
Campania is a region south of Rome.The early Romans didn't have the technology to cast bells!
