Etymology

camous

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Today it means: flat; depressed; crooked Full definition →

Middle English camus ← Middle French camus ← Proto-Celtic *kambos
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  1. Proto-Celtic · derived from*kambos“crooked, bent”
  2. Middle French · derived fromcamus
  3. Middle English · inherited fromcamus
  4. English todaycamous

From Middle English camus, from Middle French camus of like meaning, from Proto-Celtic *kambos (“crooked, bent”). Doublet of kam (“crooked, awry”).

Words from the same roots

Proto-Celtic*kambos all →

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