Etymology

encampment

en·camp·ment
E1N1C3A1M3P3M3E1N1T1

Today it means: A place where people (such as displaced people, soldiers, or travellers) encamp, that is, stay in tents or other temporary structures; a camp or campsite. Full definition →

Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

encampment · noun1

PIE word *h₁én From encamp (“to establish a camp or temporary shelter”) + -ment (suffix forming nouns denoting actions or their results).

Encampment · proper noun2

A calque of Chinese 室宿 (Shìsù) (literally "room" or "chamber").

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.