Κυριακή 22 Αυγούστου 2010

Etymology of chimney

Origin of chimney.
Chimney derives from the old French cheminee (fire place), from the late Latin (camera) caminata (fireplace, room with a fireplace) from the Latin caminatus, from caminus (hearth, oven, flue), which is a transliteration of the Greek caminos (furnace; κάμινος)


From the same root:
French: chiminee.
Italian: camino, camineto.
Spanish: chimenea, cheminea.
German: Kamin
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In modern Greek:

a) caminos or camini: furnace [κάμινος]
b) camineto: blowtorch [καμινέτο]
c) caminada: chimney [καμινάδα]

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Το chimney (καπνοδόχος) προέρχεται από το ελληνικό κάμινος

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