Etymology

cameralism

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Today it means: The theories and practices of the cameralists. Full definition →

German Kameralismus ← Medieval Latin cameralis ← Latin -ismus
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκαμάρα
  2. Latin · derived from-ismus“-ism”
  3. Medieval Latin · derived fromcameralis
  4. German · derived fromKameralismus
  5. English todaycameralism

From German Kameralismus, from Medieval Latin cameralis + Latin -ismus (“-ism”). First element is from camera (“chamber”) (English camera), from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára).

Words from the same roots

Medieval Latincameralis all →

cameralcameralist

Ancient Greekκαμάρα all →

camerachambercameralist

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.