Etymology

camera obscura

Today it means: A darkened chamber in which the image of an outside object is projected and focused onto a surface. Full definition →

New Latin camera obscūra
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  1. New Latin · borrowed fromcamera obscūra
  2. English todaycamera obscura

From New Latin camera obscūra (literally “dark chamber”); compare camera.

Words from the same roots

New Latincamera obscūra all →

camera

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.