camminus

Latin

Alternative forms

cāmīnus

Etymology

First attested in writing in the late 7th century in Spain. Borrowed from Gaulish; compare Celtiberian [Term?] (kamanom) and Irish céim (“step, degree”); from Proto-Celtic *kengeti, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keng- (“to limp”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /kamˈmiː.nus/, [kamˈmiː.nʊs]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kamˈmi.nus/, [kamˈmiː.nus]

Noun

cammīnus m (genitive cammīnī); second declension

(Late Latin or Medieval Latin or Vulgar Latin) way

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	cammīnus	cammīnī
genitive	cammīnī	cammīnōrum
dative	cammīnō	cammīnīs
accusative	cammīnum	cammīnōs
ablative	cammīnō	cammīnīs
vocative	cammīne	cammīnī

Descendants

Aragonese: camino, camín
Asturian: camín, caminu
Extremaduran: camminu
French: chemin
Italian: cammino
Leonese: camín
Ligurian: camìn
Mirandese: cammino
Norman: c'mîn
Old Portuguese: camỹo, caminno
- Galician: camiño
- Portuguese: caminho
Old Occitan:
- Catalan: camí
- Occitan: camin
Spanish: camino
Venetian: camìn, camin

References

W. Meyer-Lübke: Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, 1911.

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