camino

See also: Camino, caminó, and camiño

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish camino.

Noun

camino (plural caminos)

1. The route followed on a pilgrimage through Spain.

Aragonese

Etymology

Cognate with Spanish camino.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈmino/
• Rhymes: -ino
• Syllabification: ca‧mi‧no

Noun

camino m (plural caminos or camins)

1. way; path; road

Derived terms

• de camino

Further reading

• “camino”, in Aragonario, diccionario aragonés–castellano (in Spanish)

Catalan

Verb

camino

1. first-person singular present indicative of caminar

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish camino.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ca‧mi‧no

Noun

camino

1. way, path
2. road

   Synonym: calle

Italian

Alternative forms

• cammino (Tuscany)

Etymology

From Latin camīnus, from Ancient Greek κάμῑνος (kámīnos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈmi.no/
• Rhymes: -ino
• Hyphenation: ca‧mì‧no

Noun

camino m (plural camini)

1. fireplace

   Synonym: caminetto

2. chimney

   Synonym: ciminiera

Derived terms

• tiracamino

References

• “camino¹”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• Monica, camion, cimano, macino, macinò, manico, monaci, monica, nomica

Latin

Noun

camīnō

1. dative/ablative singular of camīnus

References

• “camino”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “camino”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Old Leonese

Alternative forms

• camyn

Etymology

From Late Latin cammīnus.

Noun

camino m

1. path

Descendants

• Asturian: camín
• Leonese: caminu, camín
• Mirandese: camino

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈmino/ [kaˈmi.no]

• Audio (Mexico):

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• Rhymes: -ino
• Syllabification: ca‧mi‧no

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)keng-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ-der.?

Proto-Celtic *kengeti?

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥der.

Proto-Celtic *-sman

Proto-Celtic *kanxsman

Gaulish *kammanbor.

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnus

Medieval Latin cammīnus

Old Spanish camino

Spanish camino

Inherited from Old Spanish camino, from Medieval Latin cammīnus, from Gaulish. Cognate with Portuguese caminho, Italian cammino or French chemin.

Noun

camino m (plural caminos)

1. way, route

   Synonyms: vía, ruta

2. road

   Synonym: calle

3. path

   Synonym: sendero

Derived terms

• a medio camino
• abrir camino
• andar al camino
• aposentador de camino
• arrieros somos, y en el camino nos encontraremos
• atajacaminos
• caminero
• caminito
• camino de
• camino de cabras
• camino de herradura
• camino de hierro
• camino de ronda
• camino de rosas
• camino de ruedas
• Camino de Santiago
• camino de sirga
• camino real
• coche de camino
• correcaminos
• en camino
• llevar camino
• los caminos del Señor son inescrutables
• partir el camino
• pasacaminos
• ponerse en camino
• procurar el camino
• romper un camino
• todos los caminos llevan a Roma

Related terms

• caminante
• caminar
• caminata
• caminero
• encaminar

Etymology 2

Verb

camino

1. first-person singular present indicative of caminar

Further reading

• “camino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Anagrams

• camión
• comían