camarote

/kamaˈɾote/ · B2 · noun · m

cabin

camarote — cabin

🛏️🚢 sounds like 'camera-rote': a tiny room you rotate into on a ship

Camarote comes from cámara (chamber, small room) plus the suffix -ote. So it is a small chamber, which is what a ship cabin or berth is. Link the 'cama' start to cama, meaning bed: a cabin is where the bed is.

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