Where does “Kamerun” come from?

Kamerun (Serbo-Croatian) comes from French Cameroun, from Portuguese Camarões, from Portuguese Rio dos Camarões — River of Shrimps.

Ancestry of “Kamerun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchCameroun—
2PortugueseCamarões—
3PortugueseRio dos CamarõesRiver of Shrimps
Every word from Portuguese Rio dos Camarões →Every word from Portuguese Camarões →Every word from French Cameroun →