Etymology

Cameroonian

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Today it means: Of, from, or pertaining to Cameroon, the Cameroonian people or the Cameroonian language. Full definition →

English Cameroon ← French Cameroun ← Portuguese Camarões
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekκάμμαρος (kámmaros)
  2. Latincammārus
  3. Portuguesecamarão
  4. PortugueseRio dos Camarões
  5. PortugueseCamarões
  6. FrenchCameroun
  7. EnglishCameroon
  8. English todayCameroonian

From Cameroon + -ian.

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