English
campus
Campus comes from Latin campus ‘field’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcampus‘field’
- Englishearliest quotation 1932same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcampus‘field’
- Englishearliest quotation 1932same form
Earliest quotation: 1932, The Syllabus: “They hold sessions regularly and “campus” women for staying…”
first attested First used in its current sense in reference to Princeton University in the 1770s (as stated in the etymology)
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em- ‘to bend, to curve’
camera, chamber, chimney, cabaret, kam, camaraderie, gam, skimp, cantonment, camber, jamb, gamba, chambray, campanile, 20 more
through Proto-Italic *kampos
through Latin campus ‘field’
campaign, champion, champagne, champ, kemp, campo, campion, campania, campagna, 8 more
Today it means
noun The grounds or property of a school, college, university, business, church, or hospital, often understood to include buildings and other structures.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin campus / campus