{"id":2205,"date":"2022-09-17T16:24:11","date_gmt":"2022-09-17T16:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2205"},"modified":"2022-09-17T19:46:05","modified_gmt":"2022-09-17T19:46:05","slug":"adventures-in-etymology-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2205","title":{"rendered":"Adventures in Etymology &#8211; Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Adventures in Etymology &amp;#8211; Campus\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2022-09-17T16:24:11+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"\n\nToday we are exploring origins of the word campus.\n\nA campus [\u02c8k\u00e6mp\u0259s \/ \u02c8k\u00e6mp\u028as] is:\n\n \tThe grounds or property of a school, college, university, business, church, or hospital, often understood to include buildings and other structures.\n\nIt comes f...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/campus.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6748\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2205-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/campus.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/campus.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/campus.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/campus.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=2205-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/campus.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"campus.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/omniglot\/42401064945\/in\/album-72157684665806711\/\" title=\"Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/843\/42401064945_ea115565bb_z.jpg\" alt=\"Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Today we are exploring origins of the word <strong>campus<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>A <strong>campus<\/strong> [\u02c8k\u00e6mp\u0259s \/ \u02c8k\u00e6mp\u028as] is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The grounds or property of a school, college, university, business, church, or hospital, often understood to include buildings and other structures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It comes from the Latin <em>campus<\/em> (field. plain), from the Proto-Italic <em>*kampos<\/em>, from the Proto-Indo-European <em>*kh\u2082\u00e9m-po-s<\/em>, from <em>*kh\u2082emp-<\/em> (to bend, curve, smooth) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/campus#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words from the same roots include <strong>camp<\/strong>, <strong>campaign<\/strong> and <strong>champagne<\/strong> in English, <strong>campo<\/strong> (field) in Italian, <strong>campo<\/strong> (country(side), field) in Portuguese, and <strong>champ<\/strong> (field) in French [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/campus#Latin\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>The southern Italian region of <strong>Campania<\/strong>, the name of which comes from the Latin <em>campus<\/em>, was the source of bronze used to make bells, which were known as <em>camp\u0101na<\/em> in Latin Latin. This comes from <em>Camp\u0101na<\/em> (of Campania) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/campana#Italian\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Words from the same Latin roots include: <strong>campanile<\/strong> (bell tower, belfry) and <strong>campanology<\/strong> (the study of bells) in English, <strong>campana<\/strong> (bell) in Italian, <strong>campana<\/strong> (bell, bell-shaped object, hood) in Spanish, and <strong>cump\u0103n\u0103<\/strong> (balance, scales, equilibirum) in Romanian [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/campana#Italian\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/1DINko4KnpU\">video<\/a> I made of this information:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1DINko4KnpU\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Video made with <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/37vAg5P\">Doodly<\/a> [afflilate link].<\/p>\n<p>I also write about words, etymology and other language-related topics on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/\">Omniglot Blog<\/a>, and I explore etymological connections between Celtic languages on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/\">Celtiadur<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can also listen to this podcast on: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/gb\/podcast\/radio-omniglot\/id1432641094\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/podcasts\/8b1b1d1b-b39e-4277-b28d-479a3b5043b3\/radio-omniglot\">Amazon Music<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/podcast\/radio-omniglot\">Stitcher<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Education-Podcasts\/Radio-Omniglot-p1154145\/\">TuneIn<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.podchaser.com\/podcasts\/radio-omniglot-716327\">Podchaser<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/player.fm\/series\/radio-omniglot\">PlayerFM<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/podtail.com\/da\/podcast\/radio-omniglot\/\">podtail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to support this podcast, you can make a donation via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/uk\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd=_flow&amp;SESSION=aLjPfXL-vP_1gQ_U23Iz8_hSWLlhzLHPMFZrt32dIEfG8htoNFLYaPoWkv8&amp;dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1f8e263663d3faee8def8934b92a630e40b7fef61ab7e9fe63\">PayPal<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/omniglot\">Patreon<\/a>, or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/donations.htm\">contribute to Omniglot in other ways<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.japanesepod101.com\/member\/go.php?r=759259&amp;i=b0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/banners\/banner_japanesepod.jpg\" alt=\"The Fastest Way to Learn Japanese Guaranteed with JapanesePod101.com\" width=\"630\" height=\"83\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Adventures in Etymology &amp;#8211; Campus\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2022-09-17T16:24:11+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"\n\nToday we are exploring origins of the word campus.\n\nA campus [\u02c8k\u00e6mp\u0259s \/ \u02c8k\u00e6mp\u028as] is:\n\n \tThe grounds or property of a school, college, university, business, church, or hospital, often understood to include buildings and other structures.\n\nIt comes f...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/campus.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6749\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2205-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/campus.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/campus.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/campus.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/campus.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=2205-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/etymology\/campus.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"campus.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>Today we are exploring origins of the word campus. A campus [\u02c8k\u00e6mp\u0259s \/ \u02c8k\u00e6mp\u028as] is: The grounds or property of a school, college, university, business, church, or hospital, often understood to include buildings and other structures. It comes from the Latin campus (field. plain), from the Proto-Italic *kampos, from the Proto-Indo-European *kh\u2082\u00e9m-po-s, from *kh\u2082emp- (to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,20,56,23,12,4,50,1,27,59,116,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventures-in-etymology","category-english","category-etymology","category-french","category-italian","category-language","category-latin","category-podcast","category-portuguese","category-proto-indo-european","category-romanian-limba-romana","category-spanish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2205"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2207,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2205\/revisions\/2207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}