Words that come from French “chemin de fer”

45 words across 21 languages descend from French chemin de fer — including camion, chemmy, camion, chemin, cheminot, chemin de fer, camion, camion.

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French (11)

Italian (5)

English (3)

Spanish (3)

Dutch (2)

Catalan (2)

Ido (2)

Vietnamese (2)

Romanian (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Czech (1)

Hungarian (1)

Slovene (1)

Seychellois Creole (1)

German (1)

Persian (1)

Ladino (1)

Portuguese (1)

Haitian Creole (1)

Esperanto (1)

Mauritian Creole (1)