Etymology

minicam

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Today it means: A small movie camera. Full definition →

English cam ← Italian miniatura
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The story

  1. Italianminiatura
  2. Englishminiature
  3. Englishmini-
  4. Englishcam
  5. English todayminicam

From mini- + cam.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.