Given name & surname · also French

Camus

“flat-nosed”

Camus is a surname from French, ultimately from Catalan. It is used in English and French.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Camus goes back to a word meaning “flat-nosed.”

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Where it comes from

Camus comes from French, and ultimately from Catalan.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Catalan camús.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Occitan

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Catalan

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French

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French

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Germanic

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French

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Galician

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Sibling ideas

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