myEtymology.com: French etymology of webcam

Etymology of the French word webcam

the French word webcam

derived from the English word webcam

derived from the English word web

derived from the English word webb

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *wabjan (to weave)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *webh- (to weave)

derived from the English word camera

derived from the Late Latin word camera (camera; room, vault, vaulted)

derived from the Greek word kamara, καμάρα