"kam" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From Welsh cam (“bent, crooked, distorted”), from Middle Welsh cam, from Old Welsh cam, from Proto-Brythonic *kam, from Proto-Celtic *kambos. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic cam, Irish cam, French camus (“flat-nosed”) and more distantly Ancient Greek σκαμβός (skambós, “crooked, bent, bow-legged”). Doublet of camous. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cy|cam||bent, crooked, distorted}} Welsh cam (“bent, crooked, distorted”), {{der|en|wlm|cam}} Middle Welsh cam, {{der|en|owl|cam}} Old Welsh cam, {{der|en|cel-bry-pro|*kam}} Proto-Brythonic *kam, {{der|en|cel-pro|*kambos}} Proto-Celtic *kambos, {{cog|gd|cam}} Scottish Gaelic cam, {{cog|ga|cam}} Irish cam, {{cog|fr|camus||flat-nosed}} French camus (“flat-nosed”), {{cog|grc|σκαμβός||crooked, bent, bow-legged}} Ancient Greek σκαμβός (skambós, “crooked, bent, bow-legged”), {{doublet|en|camous}} Doublet of camous Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} kam (not comparable)
  1. (obsolete) Crooked, awry. Tags: not-comparable, obsolete

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