caminho

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

caminno, camỹo, camĩo

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin camminus (“way”), from Gaulish *kamman.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈmi.ɲo/

Noun

caminho m (plural caminhos)

1. way (road, a direction, a (physical or conceptual) path from one place to another)

Descendants

• Fala: camiñu
• Galician: camiño
• Portuguese: caminho (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "caminho"

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈmĩ.ɲu/ [kaˈmĩ.j̃u]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈmĩ.ɲu/ [kaˈmĩ.j̃u]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈmi.ɲo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈmi.ɲu/

• Rhymes: -iɲu
• Hyphenation: ca‧mi‧nho

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese caminho, from Late Latin cammīnus (“way”), from Gaulish. Compare Galician camiño.

Noun

caminho m (plural caminhos)

1. path
2. way, route
3. (by extension) means

Derived terms

• a caminho
• a caminho de
• caminhar

 

Descendants

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: kaminhu
• Kabuverdianu: kaminhu
• Papiamentu: kaminda

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

caminho

1. first-person singular present indicative of caminhar

Further reading

• “caminho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024