köken: Inherited from Vulgar Latin *camocia, from Late Latin camōx, from Gaulish camox, probably from an extinct Alpine language (Raetic, Ancient Ligurian), possibly Proto-Indo-European *kem- (“without horns”). Doublet of chamuz.
chamois (species of goat) · suede (type of leather)
çekim: çoğul camurças
köken: Inherited from Late Latin camox, from Gaulish camox, influenced by corça (“doe”). Cognate with Spanish gamuza, Occitan camos and French chamois.
köken: Borrowed from Czech zámiš, from Middle High German samisch, later sämisch, from Middle French chamois, identical to the animal name chamois; in this understanding also Spanish gamuza and Portuguese camurça use the same word for the caprine and for the hide. Discarded derivations : Note that a lot of false etymologies circulate about this fabric's name: * derived from Turkic, Turkish semiz…
chamois (species of goat) · suede (type of leather)
çekim: çoğul camurzas
köken: From Late Latin camox, from Gaulish camox, influenced by corza (“doe”). Cognate with Spanish gamuza, Portuguese camurça, Occitan camos and French chamois.