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”).

    Noun

    cammīnus m (genitive cammīnī); second declension (Early Medieval Latin)

    1. way
    2. path

    Declension

    Second-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative cammīnus cammīnī
    genitive cammīnī cammīnōrum
    dative cammīnō cammīnīs
    accusative cammīnum cammīnōs
    ablative cammīnō cammīnīs
    vocative cammīne cammīnī

    Descendants

    See also

    References

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