The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκαμάρα
- Latin · derived from-ista“-ist”
- Medieval Latin · derived fromcameralis
- New Latin · derived fromcameralista
- German · borrowed fromKameralist
- English todaycameralist
From German Kameralist, from New Latin cameralista, from Medieval Latin cameralis + Latin -ista (“-ist”), from camera (“chamber”) (English camera), from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára). Sense is due to administrators in the royal chamber; compare political sense of cabinet.
Words from the same roots
Medieval Latincameralis all →
cameralcameralism
Ancient Greekκαμάρα all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.