campus的词源
英文词源
- campus (n.)
- "college grounds," 1774, from Latin campus "a field," probably properly "an expanse surrounded" (by woods, higher ground, etc.), from PIE *kampos "a corner, cove," from root *kamp- "to bend" (cognates: Lithuanian kampus "corner," Polish kępa "cluster of trees or brush"). First used in college sense at Princeton.
中文词源
来自camp, 平地，平原，后指校园。-us, 拉丁词阳性格。
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：campus 词源，campus 含义。
来源于拉丁语campus, campi, m(战场,原野)。
词根词缀： -camp-田野,场所 + -us名词词尾
