Cam

See also: cam, cám, çam, cằm, and CAM

English

Etymology 1

From Old English Granta, Grantebrycge, the former name of the modern Cambridge, ultimately from a Celtic word for "crooked," Proto-Celtic *kambos, from late Proto-Indo-European *(s)kambo- (“crooked”), shared with Ancient Greek σκαμβός (skambós).

Proper noun

Cam

1. A river in eastern England, which passes Cambridge.
2. A village in Gloucestershire, England.

Etymology 2

Shortening.

Proper noun

Cam

1. A diminutive of the male given name Cameron.

References

• Ranko Matasović - Toward a relative chronology of the earliest Baltic and Slavic sound changes, University of Zagreb, 2005
• Bowman, Wrigley (1922): Geographical Review, Volume 12

Anagrams

• ACM, AMC, C.M.A., CMA, MAC, MCA, Mac, Mac., mac

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Italian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hebrew חָם (ẖam).

Proper noun

Cam (m)

1. (biblical) Ham

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin Cham, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Χαμ (Kham), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hebrew חָם (ẖam).

Proper noun

Cam m

1. Ham (son of Noah)