Where does “campingplads” come from?

campingplads (Danish) comes from Danish camping, from English camping, from English camp, from Middle English kampe, from Old English camp, from Proto-West Germanic kamp, from Latin campus, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂emp- — to bend, to curve.

campingplads (Danish): campsite

Definitions

  1. campsite

Ancestry of “campingplads”, step by step

campingplads traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish camping

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishcampingcamping
2Englishcampingpresent participle of camp; The recreational...
3EnglishcampAn outdoor place acting as temporary...
4Middle EnglishkampeAn armed military conflict; a clash; A...
5Old Englishcampcombat; an enclosed piece of land
6Proto-West Germanickampfield; battle
7LatincampusOpen flat level ground: a plain, a natural field;...
8Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂emp-to bend; crooked; to bend, curve
9Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂em-to bend, to curve

via Danish plads

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishpladsplace; seat; position
2Middle Low Germanplātze
3Old Frenchplaceplace; location
4Latinplatēabroad way, street
5Ancient Greekπλατεῖαfeminine nominative singular of πλατύς; feminine...
6Ancient Greekπλατύςwide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpléth₂usflat, broad
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpleth₂-flat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kh₂em-