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καμάρα · Ancient Greek
noun · Ancient Greek
Transliteration: kamára
Vaulted chamber or arched covering.. Vaulted chamber or arched covering.
Date not yet researched — No word-specific date established in the inspected sources.
Greek reference region — Glottolog language reference point; not an origin, borrowing site or territorial boundary.
English camera is traced through Latin camera to Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára), a vaulted chamber or arched covering. English > Etymology
Latin camera means a chamber, bedchamber or vaulted room and is the learned source of English camera. English > Etymology
Glottolog supplies the reference coordinates for Greek. LanguageTable row gree1276
camera · Latin
noun · Latin
Transliteration: camera
Chamber, bedchamber or vaulted room.. Chamber, bedchamber or vaulted room.
Date not yet researched — No word-specific date established in the inspected sources.
Latin reference region — Glottolog language reference point; not an origin, borrowing site or territorial boundary.
English camera is traced through Latin camera to Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára), a vaulted chamber or arched covering. English > Etymology
Latin camera means a chamber, bedchamber or vaulted room and is the learned source of English camera. English > Etymology
New Latin camera obscura means “dark chamber”; the phrase was used for the darkened room or optical device before the shortened camera. English > Etymology
Glottolog supplies the reference coordinates for Latin. LanguageTable row lati1261
camera obscura · New Latin
noun · New Latin
Transliteration: camera obscura
Dark chamber; an optical device or room projecting an image.. Dark chamber; an optical device or room projecting an image.
Date not yet researched — No word-specific date established in the inspected sources.
Location not yet researched — No separate New Latin reference point is used for the learned phrase.
Latin camera means a chamber, bedchamber or vaulted room and is the learned source of English camera. English > Etymology
New Latin camera obscura means “dark chamber”; the phrase was used for the darkened room or optical device before the shortened camera. English > Etymology
English camera was used from 1708 for a vaulted building or chamber and later as a short form of camera obscura. camera(n.)
camera · English
noun · English
Reading: KAM-uh-ruh
A chamber or vaulted room; the shortened lexical form before the photographic sense.. A chamber or vaulted room; the shortened lexical form before the photographic sense.
1708 · chamber sense — Reported English chamber use; not the date of the camera obscura phrase or photography.
English reference region / Britain — Glottolog language reference point; not an origin, borrowing site or territorial boundary.
New Latin camera obscura means “dark chamber”; the phrase was used for the darkened room or optical device before the shortened camera. English > Etymology
English camera was used from 1708 for a vaulted building or chamber and later as a short form of camera obscura. camera(n.)
The camera word was extended to a picture-taking device around 1840 as a development of the camera obscura. camera(n.)
The English entry gives multiple regional IPA forms and defines camera as a picture-taking device, a game viewpoint and a chamber. English > Pronunciation and Noun
Glottolog supplies the reference coordinates for English. LanguageTable row stan1293
camera · English
noun · English
Reading: KAM-ruh
A device for taking still or moving pictures or photographs.. A device for taking still or moving pictures or photographs.
c. 1840 · photographic-device sense — Reported extension associated with modern photography; not an invention date.
English reference region / Britain — Glottolog language reference point; not an origin, borrowing site or territorial boundary.
English camera was used from 1708 for a vaulted building or chamber and later as a short form of camera obscura. camera(n.)
The camera word was extended to a picture-taking device around 1840 as a development of the camera obscura. camera(n.)
The English entry gives multiple regional IPA forms and defines camera as a picture-taking device, a game viewpoint and a chamber. English > Pronunciation and Noun
Glottolog supplies the reference coordinates for English. LanguageTable row stan1293
camera → camera obscura: derivation, documented. New Latin camera obscura combines Latin camera with obscura, dark. English > EtymologyEnglish > Etymology
camera obscura → camera: borrowing, qualified. English camera becomes a shortened form associated with camera obscura after the chamber sense. English > Etymologycamera(n.)
camera → camera: semantic-change, documented. The room/chamber word extends to the picture-taking device derived from camera obscura. Chamber and image-device senses: The chronology separates lexical sense development from the independent history of optical technology. camera(n.)camera(n.)