"cambium" meaning in Latin

See cambium in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈkam.bi.um] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Gaulish cambion, a yo-stem derivative of Proto-Celtic *kambos (“twisted, crooked”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱh₂mbós, *(s)kh₂mbós (“crooked”), ultimately a sound-symbolic or substrate-derived root, similar and perhaps related to Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em- (“to bend, curve”) and *kemp-; compare Latin camur, campus and 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 German skimph (“joke, amusement, pastime”), Swedish skumpa (“to limp”). Etymology templates: {{bor|la|cel-gau|cambion}} Gaulish cambion, {{der|la|cel-pro|*kambos|t=twisted, crooked}} Proto-Celtic *kambos (“twisted, crooked”), {{der|la|ine-pro||*(s)ḱh₂mbós}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱh₂mbós, {{sound-symbolic|la|nocap=1|nocat=1}} sound-symbolic, {{der|la|qfa-sub}} substrate, {{m+|ine-pro|*kh₂em-||to bend, curve}} Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em- (“to bend, curve”), {{m+|la|camur}} Latin camur, {{cog|grc|καμπή||winding, bending; turn, change}} Ancient Greek καμπή (kampḗ, “winding, bending; turn, change”), {{m+|grc|σκαμβός||crooked}} Ancient Greek σκαμβός (skambós, “crooked”), {{cog|sga|camm||crooked}} Old Irish camm (“crooked”), {{cog|cy|cam||crooked}} Welsh cam (“crooked”), {{cog|br|kamm||crooked}} Breton kamm (“crooked”), {{cog|goh|skimph||joke, amusement, pastime}} Old High German skimph (“joke, amusement, pastime”), {{cog|sv|skumpa||to limp}} Swedish skumpa (“to limp”) Head templates: {{la-noun|cambium<2>}} cambium n (genitive cambiī or cambī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|cambium<2>}} Forms: cambiī [genitive], cambī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], cambium [nominative, singular], cambia [nominative, plural], cambiī [genitive, singular], cambī [genitive, singular], cambiōrum [genitive, plural], cambiō [dative, singular], cambiīs [dative, plural], cambium [accusative, singular], cambia [accusative, plural], cambiō [ablative, singular], cambiīs [ablative, plural], cambium [singular, vocative], cambia [plural, vocative]
  1. (Late Latin) a change Tags: Late-Latin, declension-2, neuter
    Sense id: en-cambium-la-noun-rrMD8kNz Categories (other): Late Latin, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter nouns in the second declension, Botany Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 24 21 24 29 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 14 26 35 2 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 73 27 Disambiguation of Botany: 91 9
  2. (Medieval Latin, New Latin) cambium Tags: Medieval-Latin, New-Latin, declension-2, neuter
    Sense id: en-cambium-la-noun-x85nx2RX Categories (other): Medieval Latin, New Latin
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cambiō 
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        "(Medieval Latin, New Latin) cambium"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Medieval-Latin",
        "New-Latin",
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkam.bi.um]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cambium"
}

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