Etymograph

English

campimeter

Campimeter comes from Latin campus ‘field, scope’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcampus1‘field, scope’
  2. Englishtodaycampimeter1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English campimeter

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcampusWiktionary, English campimeter‘field, scope’
  2. EnglishtodaycampimeterWiktionary, English campimeter

Formed from meter

Middle English metere ‘one who measures, measurer’

English meter

Linked words

through Proto-Italic *kampos

champaign, 7 more

through Latin campus ‘field, scope’

campaign, champion, campus, champagne, champ, kemp, campo, campania, campagna, 8 more

Today it means

noun A device used to measure a person's field of vision

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “campimeter”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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