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Where does “chemen” come from?

chemen (Haitian Creole) 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.

chemen (Haitian Creole): path

Definitions

  1. path

Ancestry of “chemen”, step by step

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