Where does “encampment” come from?
Encampment is from English encamp plus the suffix -ment, from Old French -ment and Latin -mentum, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European kamp- meaning to bend or curve.
encampment (English): A campsite; A group of temporary living quarters...
Definitions
- A campsite; A group of temporary living quarters...
Ancestry of “encampment”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | encamp | To establish a camp or temporary shelter; To form... |
| 2 | English | En- | — |
| 3 | Middle English | en- | en-, in- |
| 4 | Old French | en- | en- |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 6 | Latin | în | — |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |