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Where does “spiegelreflexcamera” come from?

spiegelreflexcamera (Dutch) comes from Dutch reflex, from French réflexe, from Latin reflexus, from Latin reflectō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro- — passed , crossed.

spiegelreflexcamera (Dutch): single-lens reflex camera

Definitions

  1. single-lens reflex camera

Ancestry of “spiegelreflexcamera”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchreflexreflex
2Frenchréflexereflex
3Latinreflexusturned back or away, reflected
4Latinreflectō—
5Latinrĕ-—
6Latinprōdūcō—
7Latinprō-—
8Proto-Italic*pro-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
11Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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