campamento

/kampaˈmento/ · A2 · noun · m

camping

🏕️ campamento = campo (field) + -mento: a camp-ment, like English encampment

From acampar (to camp), built on campo, field, from Latin campus. The ending -mento matches English -ment, so campamento lines up with encampment minus the en-. Same root gives camp, campus and campaign.

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