Added 9 October 2026
campus
/ˈkæmpəs/ noun
Latin root: campus First recorded: 1770 Wiktionary
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about campus at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- A field on which the buildings of a university are situated.
Origin
Borrowed from Latin campus (“field”). Doublet of camp and champ. First used in its current sense in reference to Princeton University in the 1770s.
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