The story
- Medieval Latin · borrowed fromcameralis
- Latin · derived fromcamera“room; chamber”
- English todaycameral
Formed from the root of Latin camera (“room; chamber”), with the suffix -al, perhaps corresponding to a Late Latin, Medieval Latin cameralis.
Words from the same roots
Latincamera all →
camerachamber
Medieval Latincameralis all →
cameralismcameralist
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.