Etymograph

English

Steadicam

1975, from steady + cam, from camera.

A compound of steady + cam

Middle English stedy

English steady

Proto-Indo-European *ǵembʰ- ‘to bite’

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Proto-West Germanic *kamb ‘comb’

Old Dutch *kamb

Middle Dutch kamp

Dutch kam ‘cog of a wheel’

English cam

Today it means

noun A stabilizing camera mount for hand-held film or video shooting; a camera mounted thus.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Steadicam