camafeo

Spanish

camafeo

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin camahutus, alternative form of camaeus (“jewellery carved in relief”).

Noun

camafeo m (plural camafeos)

1. cameo (relief work)

See also

• camafeo on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

Further reading

• “camafeo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10