Where does “chiminage” come from?

chiminage (English) comes from Old French cheminage, from Old French chemin, from Latin cammīnus, from Gaulish unknown, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pingos — chaffinch.

chiminage (English): A toll paid for passage through a forest

Definitions

  1. A toll paid for passage through a forest

Ancestry of “chiminage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcheminage—
2Old Frenchcheminroute; way
3Latincammīnusway
4Gaulishunknown—
5Proto-Indo-European(s)pingoschaffinch
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pingos →Every word from Gaulish unknown →Every word from Latin cammīnus →
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