Where does “chemin” come from?

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

chemin (French): path, way; road

Definitions

  1. path, way; road

Ancestry of “chemin”, step by step

chemin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French chemin

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

via Latin chamulcus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinchamulcusa kind of chariot
2Ancient Greekχαμουλκός—

Words derived from “chemin”

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