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    2 months ago

    Campus might be from the Latin “campus, ī, 2m” for field or plain… maybe something to do with the “horse” part of it?

    EDIT: nope. Kampos is also from Greek, it means sea monster or shark in this context… and hippos of course is horse. They had a “hippocamp” in mythology with the front end of a horse and rear of a dolphin, hence the “sea monster” etymology. Real sea horses are thus named because they resemble a miniature hippocamp.