Where does “chemin” come from?

chemin (Middle French) comes from Old French chemin, from Latin cammīnus, from Gaulish unknown, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pingos — chaffinch.

chemin (Middle French): path; way

Definitions

  1. path; way

Ancestry of “chemin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcheminroute; way
2Latincammīnusway
3Gaulishunknown
4Proto-Indo-European(s)pingoschaffinch

Words derived from “chemin

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pingos