 The French ""camp"" (later ""champ"") is itself derived from the Latin ""campus"", which also meant an "open field", but also and especially an "open space for military exercise".Coincidentally, the word's martial sense had been borrowed by the Germanic tribes during their conflicts with the Romans to become the aforementioned ""kampo-z"".Throughout the English-speaking world, but especially the United States, the name is sometimes derived from other, often longer, European names (e.g.