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Where does “camiño” come from?

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

camiño (Galician): path, road; route, way

Definitions

  1. path, road; route, way

Ancestry of “camiño”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesecamỹoway
2Late Latincamminusway
3Proto-Celtickanxsman-—

Words derived from “camiño”

  • camiñar
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