campus English · revision 4670

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1774|origins=la campus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈkæm.pəs/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|campus|t=plain, field, flat land]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) from Proto-Italic *kampo- “field”, a word of uncertain origin.^(Etymonline) De Vaan compares Greek kampḗ “a bending, curve”, supposing the first sense was “depression”, and suggests a European substratum word from farming.^(Etymonline) It is a doublet of [[camp]],^(Barnhart 1988) and related to [[champion]] and [[champagne]].^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The grounds of a college or university: 1774 in Barnhart, the OED, Etymonline and MWU,^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) first used at Princeton, New Jersey, in American English.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The word spread from Princeton to American colleges in general and later to British universities and other institutions, such as hospitals and businesses with grounds of their own.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023) As an American colloquial verb, to confine a student to the campus as a punishment, it is from 1928.^(OED 1989) ''On campus'' and ''off campus'' describe where students live or study.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1774 – college grounds, at Princeton.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1928 – verb, to confine to the campus.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The grounds and buildings of a [[university]], college or school.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The grounds of another institution, such as a [[hospital]] or company.^(AHD)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[intercampus]]

+ * [[noncampus]]

+ * [[off-campus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[camp]]

+ * [[campi]]

+ * [[champerty]]

+ * [[champion]]

+ * [[champagne]]

+ * [[campaign]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}