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

camiño traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Portuguese camỹo

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

via Old Portuguese caminno

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesecaminnoway

Words derived from “camiño”

Every word from Proto-Celtic kanxsman- →Every word from Late Latin camminus →Every word from Old Portuguese camỹo →