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Lewis’s Elementary Latin Dictionary
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English · Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin camera ( “ chamber or bedchamber ” ) , from Ancient Greek καμάρα ( kamára , “ anything with an arched cover, a covered carriage or boat, a vaulted chamber, a vault ” ) , of Old Iranian origin, from Proto-Iranian * kamarā- ( “ something curved ” ) , from * kamárati , from Proto-Indo-Iranian * kmárati , ultimately from Proto-Indo-European * kh₂em- ( “ to bend, curve ” ) . Doublet of chamber .
( device ) : An ellipsis of camera obscura , from New Latin camera obscura ( “ dark chamber ” ) , because the first cameras used a pinhole and a dark room.
Dutch · Etymology
Learned borrowing from New Latin camera obscura ( “ dark chamber ” ) , from Latin camera ( “ chamber, bedchamber ” ) .
Italian · Etymology
From Latin camera , from Ancient Greek καμάρα ( kamára ) . Doublet of zambra .
Ladin · Etymology
From Latin camera .
Latin · Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ancient Greek καμάρα ( kamára , “ anything with an arched cover, a covered carriage or boat, a vaulted chamber, a vault ” ) .
Latin · Etymology 2
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Limburgish · Etymology
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Welsh · Etymology
Borrowed from English camera , from Latin camera , from Ancient Greek καμάρα ( kamára ) , of Old Iranian origin.
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