Where does “camion” come from?

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

camion (French): lorry (UK); truck (US)

Definitions

  1. lorry (UK); truck (US)

Ancestry of “camion”, step by step

camion traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French chemin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcheminpath, way; road
2Middle Frenchcheminpath; way
3Old Frenchcheminroute; way
4Latincammīnusway
5Gaulishunknown
6Proto-Indo-European(s)pingoschaffinch

via Italian camion

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancamionlorry British, truck US

Words derived from “camion

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pingosEvery word from Gaulish unknownEvery word from Latin cammīnus