Where does “camphore” come from?
camphore (Old French) comes from Medieval Latin camphora, from Ancient Greek καμφορά, from Arabic كَافُور, from Malay kapur, from Pahlavi 𐭪𐭠𐭯𐭥𐭫, from Sanskrit कर्पूर, from Pali kappūra, from Old Malay kapur — lime, calcium.
Ancestry of “camphore”, step by step
Words derived from “camphore”