English
Cameron
Cameron comes from Scottish Gaelic Camshròn.
- Scottish GaelicmodernCamshròn
- EnglishtodayCameron
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Scottish GaelicmodernCamshròn
- EnglishtodayCameron
A compound of cam ‘crooked, bent’ + sròn ‘nose’
Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱh₂embos ‘crooked’
Proto-Celtic *kambos ‘twisted, crooked, bent’
Old Irish camm ‘crooked, bent, curved, twisted’
Scottish Gaelic cam ‘crooked, bent’
Proto-Indo-European *sregʰ- ‘snore’
Proto-Celtic *srognā ‘nose’
Old Irish srón ‘nose’
Scottish Gaelic sròn ‘nose’
Every English word from Scottish Gaelic Camshròn
Another origin of Cameron
- Irishc. 1200–presentÓ Cumaráin
- EnglishtodayCameron
Another origin of Cameron
- Pictishmodern*cam‘crooked’uncertain
- EnglishtodayCameron
Today it means
name A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Scottish Gaelic Camshròn / Cameron