An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Kampfer

by Friedrich Kluge

Kampfer, masculine, ‘camphor,’ from Middle High German kampfer, gaffer, masculine, from Middle Latin camphora, cafura (French camphre; Italian canfora and cafura, Modern Greek καφουρά); the latter terms derived finally from Indian karpûra, kapûr, or from Hebrew kôpher, ‘pitch, resin.’