Etymology Explorer › Middle English

Where does “caumber” come from?

caumber (Middle English) comes from Latin camur, from Ottoman Turkish چامور, from Old Anatolian Turkish چامور, from Proto-Turkic *čalpmur.

caumber (Middle English): curved

Definitions

  1. curved

Ancestry of “caumber”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincamurcurved, bent, crooked
2Ottoman Turkishچامور—
3Old Anatolian Turkishچامور—
4Proto-Turkic*čalpmur—
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