Masculine
chamois
Meaning
- chamois (animal)
- chamois (leather)
Concepts
Synonyms
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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