camion

Meaning

lorry (UK); truck (US)

Concepts

truck

🚚

lorry

van

camion

trucks

lorries

hand truck

dray

tip-lorry

cart

HGV

luggage-van

motortruck

heavy goods vehicle

Synonyms

fourgon

chariot

voiture

🚗

poids lourd

bahut

camping-car

fourgonnette

minibus

🚐

routier

🛣️

camion à benne amovible

truck

brouette

van

camionnette

camionneur

etc

Translations

camión

camion

autocarro

vrachtwagen

🚚

Lastwagen

🚚

caminhão

🚚

camió

vrachtauto

🚚

kamyon

🚚

Lastkraftwagen

🚚

Lastauto

φορτηγό

LKW

🚚

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ka.mjɔ̃/

Etymology

Cognate with Spanish: camino

Cognate with Latin: chamūlcus

Cognate with Ancient Greek: χᾰμουλκός

In summary

Unknown origin, however, most likely early 19th century. Possibly from chemin (“way, route”), see Spanish camino, or from Latin chamūlcus (“chariot”), from Ancient Greek χᾰμουλκός (khămoulkós, “crane, windlass, or possibly other machine”), from χθών (khthṓn, “earth, ground”) + ἑλκέω (helkéō, “I drag”).