Where does “camiñar” come from?

camiñar (Galician) comes from Galician camiño, from Old Portuguese camỹo, from Late Latin camminus, from Proto-Celtic kanxsman-.

camiñar (Galician): to walk

Definitions

  1. to walk

Ancestry of “camiñar”, step by step

camiñar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Galician camiño

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galiciancamiñopath, road; route, way
2Old Portuguesecamỹoway
3Late Latincamminusway
4Proto-Celtickanxsman-—

via Vulgar Latin *cammino

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latin*cammino—
Every word from Proto-Celtic kanxsman- →Every word from Late Latin camminus →Every word from Old Portuguese camỹo →