Where does “kan” come from?
kan (Mauritian Creole) comes from French camp, from English camp, from Middle English kampe, from Old English camp, from Proto-West Germanic kamp, from Latin campus, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂emp-, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂em- — to bend, to curve.
kan (Mauritian Creole): when
Ancestry of “kan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | camp | camp; camp, summer camp; campness; An affected,... |
| 2 | English | camp | An outdoor place acting as temporary... |
| 3 | Middle English | kampe | An armed military conflict; a clash; A... |
| 4 | Old English | camp | combat; an enclosed piece of land |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | kamp | field; battle |
| 6 | Latin | campus | Open flat level ground: a plain, a natural field;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂emp- | to bend; crooked; to bend, curve |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |