English

subcamp

From sub- + camp.

Formed from sub- + camp

Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

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

noun A camp (such as a labour camp or concentration camp) that makes up part of a larger camp or complex.

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