Etymograph

English

encamp

From en- + camp.

A compound of en- + camp

Latin campus ‘open field’

Proto-West Germanic *kamp ‘open field where military exercises are held’

Old English camp ‘battle’

Middle English kampe ‘battlefield’

English camp

Today it means

verb To establish a camp or temporary shelter.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / encamp