ENGLISH ROOT WORD: camp from Latin campus, campania

 

 

【camp】 is word -forming element
usually meaning "field"
from Latin "campus, campania"

 

 

 

 

 

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[WORD ROOT]root camp
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] camp, campaign, campus, cham, champ
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Latin) campus, campania
[MEANING]root field

【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ENTYMOLOGY】

• 【Latin】 campus field (of combat); level ground; flat land, field
• 【Latin】 campania level country

 

[LIST OF ENGLISH WORD]

camp, campaign, campaigner, camping, campsite, campus, champertous, champerty, champignon, champion, championship, decamp, encamp, encampment

Please see Word information in detail as follows;

 

camp [noun] from camp
【DEFINITION】 A camp is a collection of huts and other buildings that is provided for a particular group of people, such as refugees, prisoners, or soldiers, as a place to live or stay.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 place where an army lodges temporarily
【pl.】 camps
【DERIVATIVEs】 camping, camp
【ROOTs】 camp; field

 

 

 

campaign [noun] from camp
【DEFINITION】 A campaign is a planned set of activities that people carry out over a period of time in order to achieve something such as social or political change.
【PRIMARY MEANING】 operation of an army in the field
【pl.】 campaigns
【DERIVATIVEs】 campaigner, campaign
【SYNONYM】 offensive, crusade
【ROOTs】 campaign(camp); field

campaigner [noun] from camp
【DEFINITION】 A campaigner is a person who campaigns for social or political change.
【pl.】 campaigners
【DERIVATIVEs】 campaigner, campaign
【ROOTs】 ⑴ campaign(camp); field ⑵ er; suffix

camping [noun] from camp
【DEFINITION】 camp + ing
【pl.】 UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
【DERIVATIVEs】 camping, camp
【ROOTs】 ⑴ camp; field ⑵ ing; adjective suffix

campsite [noun] from camp
【DEFINITION】 A campsite is a place where people who are on holiday can stay in tents.
【ROOTs】 ⑴ camp; field ⑵ site; place, site, position

campus [noun] from campus < camp
【DEFINITION】 A campus is an area of land that contains the main buildings of a university or college.
【pl.】 campuses
【ROOTs】 campus(camp); field

champertous [adjective] from champ < camp
【DEFINITION】 champerty + ous
【PRIMARY MEANING】 of the nature of champerty
【ROOTs】 ⑴ camp; field ⑵ pert(part); divide, part ⑶ ouse(ous); adjective suffix

champerty [noun] from champ < camp
【DEFINITION】 (formerly) an illegal bargain between a party to litigation and an outsider whereby the latter agrees to pay for the action and thereby share in any proceeds recovered See also maintenance
【PRIMARY MEANING】 the illegal act whereby a person not otherwise interested makes a bargain to maintain a litigant in return for a share of the property in dispute if the case succeeds
【ROOTs】 ⑴ cham(camp); field ⑵ pert(part); divide, part ⑶ y; suffix

champignon [noun] from champ < camp
【DEFINITION】 any of various agaricaceous edible mushrooms, esp Marasmius oreades and the meadow mushroom See also fairy ring (sense 2)
【ROOTs】 ⑴ campaign(camp); field ⑵ on; noun suffix

 

 

 

champion [noun] from champ < camp
【DEFINITION】 A champion is someone who has won the first prize in a competition, contest, or fight.
【pl.】 champions
【SYNONYM】 promoter, protagonist
【ROOTs】 ⑴ champ(camp); field ⑵ ion(ation); noun suffix

championship [noun] from champ < camp
【DEFINITION】 A championship is a competition to find the best player or team in a particular sport.
【pl.】 championships
【ROOTs】 ⑴ champ(camp); field ⑵ ion(ation); noun suffix ⑶ ship; -

decamp [verb] from decamp < camp
【DEFINITION】 If you decamp, you go away from somewhere secretly or suddenly. We all decamped to the pub.
【CONJUGATIONs】 decamped decamped decamping decamps
【DERIVATIVEs】 decampment, decamp
【ROOTs】 ⑴ de; down, under ⑵ camp; field

encamp [verb] from encamp < camp
【DEFINITION】 to lodge or cause to lodge in a camp
【PRIMARY MEANING】 go into camp, settle in temporary quarters
【CONJUGATIONs】 encamped, encamped, encamping, encamps
【ROOTs】 ⑴ en; in, into ⑵ camp; field

encampment [noun] from encamp < camp
【DEFINITION】 An encampment is a group of tents or other shelters in a particular place, especially when they are used by soldiers, refugees, or gypsies.
【pl.】 encampments
【ROOTs】 ⑴ en; in, into ⑵ camp; field ⑶ ment; remember, mind

Other word list containing camp; campesino, campestral, campicolous, campimetry, campo, decampment, champ

【OTHER ROOTs; 】

calli-, calo-, cal, kal-
cale-, cal-
calc-, calcul-, cal-
cal-, calend-, class-
cad-, cas-, cid-
broad
brev-
bal-, bel-, bol-
bibli-, bibl-
bio

ENGLISH ROOT WORD: calli-, calo-, cal, kal- from Greek kalos, kallos, kallistos

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