Camino

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A path or route, especially one associated with a pilgrimage or long journey
2. A specific trail or way that is often traveled by foot
3. A metaphorical or literal journey toward a goal or destination

Etymology: Spanish "camino" means "road" or "way," and English borrowed it directly from that language. In English the word keeps the sense of a long route or pilgrimage path, most famously the Camino de Santiago, the network of medieval pilgrim routes leading to the shrine of Saint James at Santiago de Compostela in northwestern Spain. Its use in English tends to carry that sense of a journey aimed at a distant goal, which is why the word now often appears in travel writing and discussions of pilgrimage. The Spanish word itself traces back to Latin "caminus," a term that also gave the Spanish "camino" its meaning of a made or beaten road. Over the centuries, Spanish speakers applied the word to the paths that brought travelers across the peninsula, and the sense of a route with a destination stayed attached to it.

Synonyms: path, route, way, trail, road

Antonyms: destination, end, stop, obstacle, blockage