Where does “vakantiekamp” come from?

vakantiekamp (Dutch) comes from Dutch kamp, from Middle French camp, from Latin campus, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂emp-, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂em- — to bend, to curve.

vakantiekamp (Dutch): a holiday camp

Definitions

  1. a holiday camp

Ancestry of “vakantiekamp”, step by step

vakantiekamp traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch kamp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchkampcamp; field; battle
2Middle Frenchcampplace where an army lodges temporarily
3LatincampusOpen flat level ground: a plain, a natural field;...
4Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂emp-to bend; crooked; to bend, curve
5Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂em-to bend, to curve

via Dutch vakantie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchvakantieA holiday, vacation; An easy, careless time
2Middle Dutchvacantie—
3Medieval Latinvacantialeisure; An empty place; nominative neuter plural...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kh₂em- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kh₂emp- →Every word from Latin campus →