Etymology

Cambrai

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Today it means: A city in the Nord department and the Hauts-de-France region of France on the Scheldt river. Full definition →

French Cambrai ← Latin Camarācum
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromCamarācum
  2. French · borrowed fromCambrai
  3. English todayCambrai

Unadapted borrowing from French Cambrai, itself from Latin Camarācum.

Words from the same roots

FrenchCambrai all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.