Camp

Morpheme

Camp

Type

free base

Denotation

open field, level plain, battlefield

Etymology

Middle English kampe, campen; Old English camp, campian, compian; Proto-West Germanic *kamp; Latin campus and French camp; Italian campo; Latin campus

Evidence

autocamp, camp, campability, campable, campcraft, camped, camper, campestral, campfire, campful, campground, campground, camping, campism, camplike, campout, camps, campsite, camptastic, campus, campuses, campuswide, decamp, decampee, decamper, decampment, encampment, intercamp, minicamp, motorcamp, subcamp, workcamp

Notes

camp, campus, and champ are doublets

See Also

Champ, Champart, Champert

Homographs

Camp