Where does “fancam” come from?
fancam (Spanish) comes from English fancam, from English Cam, from English camera, from New Latin camera obscura, from Latin camera, from Ancient Greek καμάρα, from Proto-Iranian kamarā-, from Proto-Iranian kamárati — to bend, to curve.
fancam (Spanish): fancam
Definitions
- fancam
Ancestry of “fancam”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fancam | Amateur film footage of a celebrity taken unofficially by a fan |
| 2 | English | Cam | which passes through Cambridge and joins the Great Ouse |
| 3 | English | camera | A device for taking still or moving pictures or... |
| 4 | New Latin | camera obscura | dark chamber |
| 5 | Latin | camera | A chamber in its various senses, "including";... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | καμάρα | Anything with an arched cover such as a covered... |
| 7 | Proto-Iranian | kamarā- | something curved |
| 8 | Proto-Iranian | kamárati | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *kmárati | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |