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.
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.
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…