Where does “campingbil” come from?
campingbil (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål camping, from English camping, from English camp, from Middle English kampe, from Old English camp, from Proto-West Germanic kamp, from Latin campus, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂emp- — to bend, to curve.
campingbil (Norwegian Bokmål): a camper (camper van), motor home, motor caravan
Definitions
- a camper (camper van), motor home, motor caravan
Ancestry of “campingbil”, step by step
campingbil traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål camping
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | camping | camping |
| 2 | English | camping | present participle of camp; The recreational... |
| 3 | English | camp | An outdoor place acting as temporary... |
| 4 | Middle English | kampe | An armed military conflict; a clash; A... |
| 5 | Old English | camp | combat; an enclosed piece of land |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | kamp | field; battle |
| 7 | Latin | campus | Open flat level ground: a plain, a natural field;... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂emp- | to bend; crooked; to bend, curve |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |
via Norwegian Bokmål bil
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | bil | a car, automobile |
| 2 | Danish | automobil | automobile |
| 3 | French | automobile | automotive; automobile |
| 4 | French | auto- | auto- regarding oneself |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | αὐτο- | self- |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | αὐτός | αὐτή f, αὐτό n; "first/second declension";... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ew | away from, off; again |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰe | Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact |