Etymograph

English

kampang

Kampang comes from Malay kampung ‘village’, and goes back to Proto-Malayic *kampuŋ.

  1. Proto-Malayicprehistoric (reconstructed)*kampuŋ1reconstructed
  2. Malaymodernkampung2‘village’
  3. Englishtodaykampang2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Malay kampung
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English kampang

Lineage

  1. Proto-Malayicprehistoric (reconstructed)*kampuŋWiktionary, Malay kampungreconstructed
  2. MalaymodernkampungWiktionary, English kampang‘village’
  3. EnglishtodaykampangWiktionary, English kampang

Linked words

through Malay kampung ‘village’

compound, kampung, 1 more

Today it means

noun An enclosed village.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “kampang”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Malay kampung. 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.

Etymograph / Proto-Malayic *kampuŋ / kampang

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