English

hovercam

From hover + cam.

A compound of hover + cam

Middle English hoveren ‘to float in the air, hover’

English hover

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 mobile hovering camera.

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

Etymograph / hovercam