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Where does “camino” come from?

camino (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish camino, from Late Latin camminus, from Proto-Celtic kanxsman-.

camino (Spanish): way, route; road; path

Definitions

  1. way, route; road; path

Ancestry of “camino”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishcamino—
2Late Latincamminusway
3Proto-Celtickanxsman-—

Words derived from “camino”

  • caminata
  • caminero
  • correcaminos
  • caminito
  • caminar
  • caminari
  • kana
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