Where does “crittercam” come from?

crittercam (English) comes from English critter, from English creature, from English create, from Middle English createn, from Latin creātus, from Latin creō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥- — army.

crittercam (English): A package of instruments, including a camera,...

Definitions

  1. A package of instruments, including a camera,...

Ancestry of “crittercam”, step by step

crittercam traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English critter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcritterA creature, an animal
2EnglishcreatureA living being; an animal; A human; A created...
3EnglishcreateTo bring into existence
4Middle EnglishcreatenTo make, invent, or create; To grant or bestow a...
5Latincreātuscreated, having been created, made, having been made, produced, having been produced
6Latincreōto create, to give existence to, to form, to make, to produce, to originate out of other materials or out of nihility (transitively)
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
9Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army

via English Cam

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishCamwhich passes through Cambridge and joins the Great Ouse
2EnglishcameraA device for taking still or moving pictures or...
3New Latincamera obscuradark chamber
4LatincameraA chamber in its various senses, "including";...
5Ancient GreekκαμάραAnything with an arched cover such as a covered...
6Proto-Iraniankamarā-something curved
7Proto-Iraniankamárati
8Proto-Indo-Iranian*kmárati
9Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂em-to bend, to curve
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ker-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-