caminar

/kamiˈnaɾ/ · A2 · verb

to walk

🐫 caminar = camino (road) + -ar: to road it, i.e. to go along the road on foot

From camino, road or path, itself from Late Latin camminus, a Celtic loanword. Add the verb ending -ar and you get to road, meaning to walk. Sound hook: a camel (camello) walks the camino. English cousin via French chemin: chimney is unrelated, but El Camino is the same word.

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