Where does “chemin” come from?

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

chemin (Old French): route; way

Definitions

  1. route; way

Ancestry of “chemin”, step by step

chemin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin cammīnus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincammīnusway
2Gaulishunknown—
3Proto-Indo-European(s)pingoschaffinch

via Vulgar Latin camminus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latincamminusway

Words derived from “chemin”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pingos →Every word from Gaulish unknown →Every word from Latin cammīnus →