Etymology

camo

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Today it means: A pattern on clothing consisting of irregularly shaped patches that are either greenish/brownish, brownish/whitish, or bluish/whitish, as used by ground combat forces. Full definition →

English camouflageclip. ← French camouflage
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The story

  1. Frenchcamouflet
  2. Frenchcamoufler
  3. Frenchcamouflage
  4. Englishcamouflageclip.
  5. English todaycamo

From camouflage, by shortening.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.