cambium.
change; transformable matter;
Meaning & usage
a change
cambium
Where this word comes from
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”).
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