Plural of campus, referring to multiple college or university grounds and their buildings.
From Latin campus meaning 'field.' The word evolved from referring to military training fields to university grounds because universities historically developed in open fields outside city centers.
Campus comes from the same Latin root as 'campaign'—both originally meant a military expedition across fields, but universities essentially 'camped out' in fields so permanently that it became their permanent home!
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