noun · neutersecond declension
cambium
cambium n (genitive cambiī or cambī)
Ecclesiastical[ˈkam.bi.um]
Meaning
- Late Latinneutera change
- Medieval LatinNew Latinneutercambium
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cambium | cambia |
| genitive | cambiī cambī | cambiōrum |
| dative | cambiō | cambiīs |
| accusative | cambium | cambia |
| ablative | cambiō | cambiīs |
| vocative | cambium | cambia |
Origins
From Gaulish cambion, a yo-stem derivative of Proto-Celtic *kambos (“twisted, crooked”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱh₂mbós, *(s)kh₂mbós (“crooked”), ultimately a sound-symbolic or substrate-derived root, similar and perhaps related to Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em- (“to bend, curve”) and *kemp-; compare Latin camur, campus and Ancient Greek καμπή (kampḗ, “winding, bending; turn, change”). Cognate with Ancient Greek σκαμβός (skambós, “crooked”), Old Irish camm (“crooked”), Welsh cam (“crooked”), Breton kamm (“crooked”), Old High German skimph (“joke, amusement, pastime”), Swedish skumpa (“to limp”).
Descendants
- Englishcambium
- Frenchcambium
- Italiancambio
- Portuguesecâmbio
- Spanishcambio
- Spanishcambium
- Galiciancambio
In English words that came into English from cambium
- changecambiāre
- exchange*excambiō
- changeablecambiāre
- cambiumcambium
- cambioncambio
- cambistcambire