camminus
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
cammīnus m (genitive cammīnī); second declension (Early Medieval Latin)
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cammīnus | cammīnī |
Genitive | cammīnī | cammīnōrum |
Dative | cammīnō | cammīnīs |
Accusative | cammīnum | cammīnōs |
Ablative | cammīnō | cammīnīs |
Vocative | cammīne | cammīnī |
Descendants edit
- Italo-Romance:
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Vulgar Latin: *cammīnāre (see there for further descendants)
See also edit
References edit
- W. Meyer-Lübke: Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, 1911.