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出典:『Wiktionary』 (2026/01/12 16:46 UTC 版)
Borrowed from Latin campus (“field”). Doublet of camp and champ.
First used in its current sense in reference to Princeton University in the 1770s.
campus (plural campuses or campusses or (nonstandard) campi)
campus (third-person singular simple present campuses or campusses, present participle campusing or campussing, simple past and past participle campused or campussed)
Traditionally, from Proto-Italic *kampos, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ém-po-s, from *kh₂emp- (“to bend, curve; smooth”), making it an exact cognate of Lithuanian kam̃pas (“corner”) and Ancient Greek καμπ- (kamp-, “bend”). Compare camur (“curved, bent”) for the root without a -p- suffix.
Alternatively, perhaps an agricultural term borrowed from a substrate language; this would explain the irregular correspondences between Latin and Greek.
campus m (genitive campī); second declension
Second-declension noun.
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