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CamEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
A back-formation from Cambridge; compare Middle English Cante and New Latin Camus, Chamus.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗CamEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
Inherited from Middle English Camme, Camne, from Old English *Camme, ultimately from a Celtic word for "crooked," Proto-Celtic *kambos, from late Proto-Indo-European *(s)kambo- (“crooked”), shared with Ancient Greek σκαμβός (skambós).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗CamEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
Shortening.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗camEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
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.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗camEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
Clipping of camera.
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