Where does “camfecting” come from?
camfecting (English) comes from English infecting, from English infect, from Middle French infect, from Latin infectus, from Latin īnficiō, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius.
camfecting (English): The process of hacking (or attempting to hack) a webcam for illegal purposes, such as voyeurism
Definitions
- The process of hacking (or attempting to hack) a webcam for illegal purposes, such as voyeurism
Ancestry of “camfecting”, step by step
camfecting traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English infecting
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | infecting | present participle of infect |
| 2 | English | infect | To bring into contact with a substance that... |
| 3 | Middle French | infect | — |
| 4 | Latin | infectus | not done, undone; unfinished; impossible |
| 5 | Latin | īnficiō | to dip, to dunk, to submerge |
| 6 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 7 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 8 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 9 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via English camera
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | camera | A device for taking still or moving pictures or... |
| 2 | New Latin | camera obscura | dark chamber |
| 3 | Latin | camera | A chamber in its various senses, "including";... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | καμάρα | Anything with an arched cover such as a covered... |
| 5 | Proto-Iranian | kamarā- | something curved |
| 6 | Proto-Iranian | kamárati | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *kmárati | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |