Where does “camaraderie” come from?
Camaraderie comes from French camaraderie, formed from French camarade and the suffix -erie, ultimately deriving from Latin camera.
camaraderie (English): Close friendship in a group of friends or...
Definitions
- Close friendship in a group of friends or...
Ancestry of “camaraderie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | camaraderie | camaraderie |
| 2 | French | camarade | Buddy, mate; Comrade |
| 3 | Italian | camerata | dormitory; companion, mate; A fellow fascist or... |
| 4 | Spanish | camarada | comrade |
| 5 | Spanish | cámara | room; camera; chamber |
| 6 | Old Spanish | camara | — |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | camara | Alternative spelling of camera; second-person... |
| 8 | Latin | camera | A chamber in its various senses, "including";... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | καμάρα | Anything with an arched cover such as a covered... |
| 10 | Proto-Iranian | kamarā- | something curved |
| 11 | Proto-Iranian | kamárati | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *kmárati | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |