Where does “workamping” come from?

workamping (English) comes 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-, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂em- — to bend, to curve.

workamping (English): The practice of combining part-time or full-time paid or volunteer work with RV or tent camping

Definitions

  1. The practice of combining part-time or full-time paid or volunteer work with RV or tent camping

Ancestry of “workamping”, step by step

workamping traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English camping

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

via English work

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishwork"Employment."; "Effort."; Sustained effort to...
2Middle Englishwerkwork
3Old Englishweorcwork, in various senses, including
4Proto-West Germanicwerkwork
5Proto-Germanicwerkąwork
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwérǵomwork
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwerǵ-to make
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kh₂em-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kh₂emp-Every word from Latin campus