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Where does “dashcam” come from?

dashcam (Dutch) comes from English dashcam, from English dashboard, from English board, from English boardrider, from English rider, from Middle English ridere, from Middle English ryder, from Old English rīdere — to fit, to fix, to put together.

dashcam (Dutch): dashcam

Definitions

  1. dashcam

Ancestry of “dashcam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdashcamA digital video recorder mounted on the dashboard...
2EnglishdashboardA panel under the windscreen of a motor car or...
3EnglishboardA relatively long, wide and thin piece of any...
4Englishboardridersurfer
5EnglishriderOne who rides, often on a horse or a motorcycle;...
6Middle EnglishridereAlternative form of ryder
7Middle EnglishryderA rider or equestrian; one who rides a horse; A...
8Old Englishrīdererider, knight
9Old Englishrīdanto ride
10Proto-West Germanicrīdanto ride
11Proto-Germanicrīdanąto ride
12Proto-Indo-Europeanrēydʰ-—
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- →