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camb

Pronunciation: /kɑmb/

“camb” is an Old English word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. comb
  2. crest of a helmet, bird, etc

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kamb, from Proto-Germanic *kambaz. Cognate with Old Saxon camb, Dutch kam, Old High German chamb (German Kamm), Old Norse kambr (Swedish kam); and with Ancient Greek γόμφος (gómphos, “pin”), Old Armenian ծամեմ (camem, “to chew”), Russian зуб (zub).

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