cambium
From Gaulish cambion, *kambyom (“change”), from Proto-Celtic *kambos (“twisted, crooked”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱh₂mbós, *(s)kh₂mbós (“crooked”), ultimately from the root Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em- (“to bend, curve”).
Compare Ancient Greek καμπή (kampḗ, “winding, bending; turn, change”). Cognate with Ancient Greek σκαμβός (skambós, “crooked”), Old Irish camm (“crooked”), Welsh cam (“crooked”), Breton kamm (“crooked”), Old High Germanskimph (“joke, amusement, pastime”), Swedish skumpa (“to limp”). More at change.
Pronunciation
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkam.bi.um/, [ˈkämbium]
Noun
cambium n (genitive cambiī or cambī); second declension
- (Late Latin)? a change
- (Medieval Latin, New Latin) cambium
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cambium | cambia |
| Genitive | cambiī cambī1 |
cambiōrum |
| Dative | cambiō | cambiīs |
| Accusative | cambium | cambia |
| Ablative | cambiō | cambiīs |
| Vocative | cambium | cambia |