Where does “Cameroonian” come from?
Cameroonian derives from English Cameroon, from English Cameron, from Latin -ius and Latin -um, from Old Irish camm, from Proto-Celtic srognā, from Proto-Indo-European kamp-, with the agent suffix Proto-Indo-European -ós.
Cameroonian (English): Of, from, or pertaining to Cameroon, the...
Definitions
- Of, from, or pertaining to Cameroon, the...
Ancestry of “Cameroonian”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | -ian | From, related to, or like; One from, belonging... |
| 2 | English | Hobbesian | Involving unrestrained, selfish, and uncivilized... |
| 3 | English | Hobbes | a surname |
| 4 | English | Robert | — |
| 5 | Anglo-Norman | Robert | — |
Words derived from “Cameroonian”