Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA turning or sliding piece which imparts motion to a rod, lever or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it. · A curved wedge, movable about an axis, used for forcing or clamping two pieces together. · A ridge or mound of earth. · A spring-loaded camming device, a spring-loaded device for effecting a temporary belay in a rock crevice.
PIE word *ǵómbʰos Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵembʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos Proto-Germanic *kambaz Proto-West Germanic ᚲᚨᛒᚨ Proto-West Germanic *kamb Old Dutch *kamb Middle Dutch kamp Dutch kamder. English cam Recorded since the 16th century, from Dutch kam (“cog of a wheel; originally, comb”) (cognate with English comb, and preserved in modern Dutch compounds such as kamrad, kamwiel (“cog wheel”)). Doublet of comb.
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