Plural of camping; multiple instances or locations of camping, or the activity of camping engaged in multiple times.
From camp (from Italian campo, meaning 'field') plus -ing (forming a gerund), then -s for plural. Camping as a recreational activity became popular in the 19th century with industrialization and railways.
The word 'camping' is relatively recent—before the 1800s, sleeping outdoors was just called 'sleeping outdoors,' not a leisure activity with its own name, which shows how the Industrial Revolution literally created new ways of having fun by giving people weekends off.
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