English
kamerad
Kamerad comes from German Kamerad ‘comrade’, and goes back to Latin camera ‘chamber’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcamera‘chamber’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcamarade‘comrade’
- Germanc. 1650–presentKamerad‘comrade’
- Englishtodaykamerad
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcamera‘chamber’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcamarade‘comrade’
- Germanc. 1650–presentKamerad‘comrade’
- Englishtodaykamerad
Linked words
through Latin camera ‘chamber’
chamber, camera, cabaret, chambray, 9 more
through French camarade ‘comrade’
Today it means
verb To surrender, as a German in World War II.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin camera / kamerad