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calmar (Verb) "to calm" 15th cent. From calma. Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/.
calor m. (Noun) "heat" 13th cent. From Latin calor 'id.' Derived from calere "to be hot." See caliente for a continued etymology. Indo-European Romance Asturian calor, Portuguese calor, Galician calor, Catalan calor, French chaleur, Italian calore, Aromanian cãroari, Sardinian calore Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
cama f. (Noun) "bed" 13th cent. From a pre-Roman language, usually assumed to be Iberian but ultimately unknown. Also the origin of the surname Cama, first given to bed-makers and sellers. Indo-European Romance Asturian cama, Leonese cama, Portuguese cama, Galician cama The word originally indicated a straw bed while lecho was the generic term for bed. Cama eventually replaced lecho in the medieval period. Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Tibón, G. Diccionario etimológico comparado de los apellidos españoles, hispanoamericanos y filipinos. Editorial Diana: Mexico. 1988.
cámara (1) f. (Noun) "camera" A shortening of the name camera obscura, Latin for "dark room," a lightbox re-introduced to the West from the Arab world during the Renaissance. For the etymology of camera and obscura, see cámara (2) and oscuro respectively. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
cámara (2) f. (Noun) "chamber" 12th cent. Borrowed from Latin camera 'id.,' borrowed from Ancient Greek καμάρα ‎(kamára) 'id.' Of unknown origin. Probably borrowed from an Asiatic language. Also the origin of the surnames Cámara, de la Cámara, and Lacámara. Originally given to heads of households endowed with direct, personal access to the king. Beekes, R. S. P. Etymological Dictionary of Greek. BRILL. 2014. Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008. Tibón, G. Diccionario etimológico comparado de los apellidos españoles, hispanoamericanos y filipinos. Editorial Diana: Mexico. 1988.
cambiar (Verb) "to change" 11th cent. From Late Latin cambiare, from Latin cambire "to exchange." From Gaulish cambion "change." Of unknown origin. Possibly from a substrate source. Indo-European Romance Aragonese cambear, Asturian cambiar, Portuguese cambiar, Galician cambiar, Catalan canviar, French changer, Italian cambiare, Romanian schimba (< *excambiare, compare English change ~ exchange), Sardinian cambiare Celtic Gaulish Cambo "crooked," Old Irish camm 'id.,' Old Welsh cam "evil," Old Breton camm "slanting," Cornish cam 'id.' Hellenic Ancient Greek σκαμβός (skambós) "crooked," σκιμβός (skimbós) "crooked," "lame" The original word was camear but was replaced in the Middle Ages by cambiar, which the learned class took to be closer to the Latin. The scholastics sometimes replaced native words with new ones that they believed were closer to the older Latin (for example, ambos which replaced amos). Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
cambio m. (Noun) "change;" (money) "change" 11th cent. From cambiar. Indo-European Romance Asturian cambéu "change," Galician cambio, Catalan canvi, Italian cambio Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/.
caminar (Verb) "to walk" 13th cent. From camino. Indo-European Romance Asturian caminar, Galician camiñar, Catalan caminar, Italian camminare Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/.
camino m. (Noun) "way," "road" 11th cent. From Latin camminus, borrowed from the Gaulish language. From Proto-Celtic *kanxsman "step." Compare Old Welsh cemmein "step." From *keng-o- "to step." From Proto-Indo-European *(s)keng- "to walk." Also the origin of the surnames Camino, del Camino, and Caminos, given to men and families who owned houses situated along rural roads, distant from other houses. Indo-European Romance Asturian camín, Portuguese caminho, Galician camiño, Catalan camí, French chemin, Italian cammino Celtic Old Irish céimm, Old Welsh cemmein, Middle Breton cam, Cornish cam Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008. Tibón, G. Diccionario etimológico comparado de los apellidos españoles, hispanoamericanos y filipinos. Editorial Diana: Mexico. 1988.
camión m. (Noun) "truck" 19th cent. Borrowed from French camion 'id.' Old French chamion. Of unknown origin. Probably related to a borrowed non-Indo-European root *kam- "way," "path" (compare Celtiberian kamanom "way;" Vulgar Latin *camminus "way" (see camino)). Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman. Online. Ed. by É. Buchi & W. Schweickard. 2018. http://www.atilf.fr/DERom. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.