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English word origin

Etymology of Cambo

The Scottish place-name, historically Camboc (1171), is from Pictish cam (“bent, crooked”) + -oc, a noun-forming suffix.

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Unnumbered source etymology

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A village in Northumberland, England. · A locality in Fife, Scotland. · Cambo-les-Bains (a town in the Basque area of France). · A surname

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The Scottish place-name, historically Camboc (1171), is from Pictish cam (“bent, crooked”) + -oc, a noun-forming suffix.

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  • Derivation mentioncamxpi
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