camminus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

First attested in writing in the late 7th century in Spain. Borrowed from Gaulish *kamman, from Proto-Celtic *kanxsman; compare Celtiberian kamanom and Irish céim (“step, degree”).

Pronunciation

Noun

cammīnus m (genitive cammīnī); second declension (Late Latin or Medieval Latin)

  1. way
  2. path

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cammīnus cammīnī
Genitive cammīnī cammīnōrum
Dative cammīnō cammīnīs
Accusative cammīnum cammīnōs
Ablative cammīnō cammīnīs
Vocative cammīne cammīnī

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

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