The University of Western Ontario
Graduate Student, Centre for the Study of Theory and Criticism
The University of Western Ontario, CCST: Centre for the Critical Study of Terrorism
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1. [under cover]
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=shame --
shame (n.): O.E. sceamu, sceomu, 'feeling of guilt
or disgrace', from P.Gmc. *skamo (cf. O.S. skama,
O.N. skömm, Swed. skam, O.Fris. scome, Du. schaamte,
O.H.G. scama, Ger. Scham), probably from PIE *skem-,
from *kem-, 'to cover' ...
2. [in camera]
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=camera -- camera (n.):
L. camera, 'vaulted room' (cf. It. camera, Sp. camara, Fr. chambre),
from Gk. kamara, 'vaulted chamber'. Also used in early 18c. as
a short form of Mod.L. camera obscura, 'dark chamber'
(a black box with a lens that could project images
of external objects), contrasted with camera lucida
(Latin for 'light chamber'), which uses prisms to produce
an image on paper beneath the instrument, which can be traced.
Became the word for 'picture-taking device' when modern photography began,
c.1840 (extended to television filming devices 1928) ...
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