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Where does “caminar” come from?

caminar (Spanish) comes from Italian camminare, from Italian cammino, from Latin cammīnus, from Gaulish unknown, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pingos — chaffinch.

caminar (Spanish): to walk; to stroll; to travel, to trek

Definitions

  1. to walk; to stroll; to travel, to trek

Ancestry of “caminar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancamminareto walk, to tread, to travel, to wander, to...
2Italiancamminowalk, way, path; first-person singular present...
3Latincammīnus—
4Gaulishunknown—
5Proto-Indo-European(s)pingoschaffinch

Words derived from “caminar”

  • caminata
  • caminari
  • kana
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