Where does “decamp” come from?
Decamp comes from French décamper, formed from the prefix dé- (from Middle French des-, from Proto-Indo-European de- and Latin ex meaning "away") and English camp (from Proto-Indo-European kamp- and Latin campus meaning "field").
decamp (English): To break up camp and move on; To disappear...
Definitions
- To break up camp and move on; To disappear...
Ancestry of “decamp”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | décamper | to decamp; to clear off, buzz off, hop it |
| 2 | French | dé- | used to make antonyms |
| 3 | Middle French | dés- | de-; dis |
| 4 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 5 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 6 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 7 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |