camiño

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See also: camino and caminó

Galician

Etymology

13th century. From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese camỹo, caminno, from Vulgar Latin, Late Latin cammīnus; probably from Gaulish, although the earliest documentation of the word is from the 7th century, in Hispania.[1] From Proto-Celtic *kanxsman-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keng- (to limp). Cognate with Welsh camm, Irish céim, Celtiberian [Term?] (kamanom).[2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kaˈmiɲo̝/

Noun

camiño m (plural camiños)

  1. path, road
  2. route, way

Derived terms

References

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  2. ^ Julián Santano Moreno, "Celtibérico boustom, iberorromance busto, “pastizal, vacada” y bosta “boñiga”", Nouvelle Revue d’Onomastique, n° 56, 2014, p. 250, n 22.