Cam
See also: Appendix:Variations of "cam"
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old English Granta, Grantebrycge, the former name of the modern Cambridge, ultimately from a Celtic word for "crooked," Proto-Celtic *kambos, from late Proto-Indo-European *(s)kambo- (“crooked”), shared with Ancient Greek σκαμβός (skambós).
Proper noun
editCam
- A river in Cambridgeshire, England, which passes through Cambridge and joins the Great Ouse.
- Synonym: Granta (south of Cambridge)
- A village and civil parish in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7400). [1]
- A minor river in Gloucestershire which flows into the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal.
Etymology 2
editShortening.
Proper noun
editCam
- A diminutive of the male given name Cameron.
References
edit- Ranko Matasović - Toward a relative chronology of the earliest Baltic and Slavic sound changes, University of Zagreb, 2005
- Bowman, Wrigley (1922): Geographical Review, Volume 12
Anagrams
editCatalan
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin Cham, from Ancient Greek Χαμ (Kham), from Hebrew חָם (ẖam).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editCam m
Derived terms
editEastern Cham
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editCam
- Cham (ethnic group or language)
Indonesian
editEtymology
editProper noun
editCam
- a surname from Hakka
Italian
editEtymology
editFrom Biblical Hebrew חָם (ẖam).
Proper noun
editCam m
Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin Cham, from Ancient Greek Χαμ (Kham), from Hebrew חָם (ẖam).
Proper noun
editCam m
- Ham (son of Noah)
Western Cham
editAlternative forms
editProper noun
editCam
- Cham (ethnic group or language)
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English doublets
- English terms derived from Celtic languages
- English terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Rivers in Cambridgeshire, England
- en:Rivers in England
- en:Places in Cambridgeshire, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Villages in Gloucestershire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in Gloucestershire, England
- en:Rivers in Gloucestershire, England
- English given names
- English male given names
- English diminutives of male given names
- Catalan terms borrowed from Latin
- Catalan terms derived from Latin
- Catalan terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Catalan terms derived from Hebrew
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan proper nouns
- Catalan masculine nouns
- ca:Biblical characters
- ca:Individuals
- Eastern Cham terms with IPA pronunciation
- Eastern Cham lemmas
- Eastern Cham proper nouns
- Indonesian terms borrowed from Hakka
- Indonesian terms derived from Hakka
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian proper nouns
- Indonesian surnames
- Indonesian surnames from Hakka
- Italian terms derived from Biblical Hebrew
- Italian lemmas
- Italian proper nouns
- Italian masculine nouns
- it:Biblical characters
- Spanish terms borrowed from Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Spanish terms derived from Hebrew
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- es:Biblical characters
- es:Individuals
- Western Cham lemmas
- Western Cham proper nouns