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Where does “kamarádka” come from?

kamarádka (Czech) comes from Czech kamarád, from French camarade, from Italian camerata, from Spanish camarada, from Spanish cámara, from Old Spanish camara, from Vulgar Latin camara, from Latin camera — to bend, to curve.

kamarádka (Czech): female buddy

Definitions

  1. female buddy

Ancestry of “kamarádka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechkamarádbuddy
2FrenchcamaradeBuddy, mate; Comrade
3Italiancameratadormitory; companion, mate; A fellow fascist or...
4Spanishcamaradacomrade
5Spanishcámararoom; camera; chamber
6Old Spanishcamara—
7Vulgar LatincamaraAlternative spelling of camera; second-person...
8LatincameraA chamber in its various senses, "including";...
9Ancient GreekκαμάραAnything with an arched cover such as a covered...
10Proto-Iraniankamarā-something curved
11Proto-Iraniankamárati—
12Proto-Indo-Iranian*kmárati—
13Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂em-to bend, to curve
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