campus-wide

the word 'campus-wide' is a modern english compound adjective formed by combining the noun 'campus' with the adjective 'wide'. 'campus' entered english in the 18th century from latin, where it meant a 'field' or 'open space', specifically the field of mars in ancient rome. the english term narrowed to refer to the grounds of a university. the suffix '-wide', from old english 'wīd', is a productive combining form meaning 'extending throughout' or 'throughout the whole of'. the compound logically builds its meaning from its parts: 'extending across the entire campus', a concept that emerged with the growth of large, integrated university grounds.

Structure: campus (campus) + wide (extending across) campus (latin origin, meaning 'field', 'plain'; in english, a noun denoting the grounds of a university or college). wide (old english origin, an adjective meaning 'of great extent from side to side').