Masculine

chamois

Meaning

  1. chamois (animal)
  2. chamois (leather)

Concepts

Rupicapra rupicapra

shammy leather

chammy leather

Synonyms

Rupicapra rupicapra

rupicapra rupicapra

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʃa.mwa/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Middle French chamois, from Late Latin camox, from Gaulish camox (5th c. AD, Polemius Silvius), probably from an extinct Alpine language (Raetic, Ancient Ligurian), possibly Proto-Indo-European *kem- (“without horns”).

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