Etymology

multicamera

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Today it means: Involving or relating to more than one camera. Full definition →

English camera ← Latin camera ← Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mel-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ml̥tós?
  3. Proto-Italic*moltos
  4. Latinmultus
  5. Latinmultī
  6. Middle Englishmulti-
  7. Englishmulti-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*kh₂em-
  9. Proto-Indo-Iranian*kmárati
  10. Proto-Iranian*kamarā
  11. Ancient Greekκαμάρα (kamára)
  12. Latincamera
  13. Englishcamera
  14. English todaymulticamera

From multi- + camera.

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