Etymology

Cambo

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Today it means: A village in Northumberland, England. Full definition →

Pictish cam
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The story

  1. Pictish · derived fromcam“bent, crooked”
  2. English todayCambo

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

Words from the same roots

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Cameron

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