Where does “campingplass” come from?
campingplass (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk 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.
campingplass (Norwegian Nynorsk): a campsite, camping site, campground , or camping...
Definitions
- a campsite, camping site, campground , or camping...
Ancestry of “campingplass”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | camping | camping; a campsite, camping site, campground ,... |
| 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 |