Where does “camp” come from?
camp (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic kamp, from Latin campus, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂emp-, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂em- — to bend, to curve.
camp (Old English): combat; an enclosed piece of land
Definitions
- combat; an enclosed piece of land
Ancestry of “camp”, step by step
camp traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Proto-West Germanic kamp
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | kamp | field; battle |
| 2 | Latin | campus | Open flat level ground: a plain, a natural field;... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂emp- | to bend; crooked; to bend, curve |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |
via Proto-Germanic *kamp
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | *kamp | — |