Where does “camera” come from?
Camera comes from Latin camera, meaning a vaulted room or chamber, which gave rise to its modern sense of a device for recording images.
camera (English): A device for taking still or moving pictures or...
Definitions
- A device for taking still or moving pictures or...
Ancestry of “camera”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Latin | camera obscura | dark chamber |
| 2 | Latin | camera | A chamber in its various senses, "including";... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | καμάρα | Anything with an arched cover such as a covered... |
| 4 | Proto-Iranian | kamarā- | something curved |
| 5 | Proto-Iranian | kamárati | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *kmárati | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |