Etymograph

English

kampang

Kampang comes from Malay kampung ‘village’, and goes back to Proto-Malayic *kampuŋ.

  1. Proto-Malayicprehistoric (reconstructed)*kampuŋreconstructed
  2. Malaymodernkampung‘village’
  3. Englishtodaykampang

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Malayicprehistoric (reconstructed)*kampuŋreconstructed
  2. Malaymodernkampung‘village’
  3. Englishtodaykampang

Linked words

through Malay kampung ‘village’

compound, kampung, 1 more

Today it means

noun An enclosed village.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Malayic *kampuŋ / kampang