Editing Camcorder (section)

== Etymology ==
The [[Oxford English Dictionary]] records the first instance of the English word ''camcorder'' in ''[[The Economist]]'' in 1982.<ref>{{Cite OED|term=camcorder|id=8146066156|access-date=March 12, 2025}}</ref> According to Stewart Wolpin, the word was coined by American electronics journalist [[David Lachenbruch]] in 1982 as a [[Blend word|blend]] of ''camera'' and ''recorder''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wolpin |first=Stewart |date=May 21, 2024 |title=CTA Centennial Part 5a: A Decade of Disruption – Home Video Revolution |url=https://www.twice.com/industry/cea/cta-centennial-part-5a-a-decade-of-disruption-home-video-revolution |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806154051/https://www.twice.com/industry/cea/cta-centennial-part-5a-a-decade-of-disruption-home-video-revolution |archive-date=August 6, 2024 |access-date=March 12, 2025 |website=Twice.com}}</ref> However, Garland Hampton Cannon and Nicholas W. Warren instead suggest that the word is derived from the Japanese ''kamukōdā'' ({{Lang|ja|カムコーダー}}) using the English words ''camera'' and ''tape recorder'', coined by [[Sony]] for export purposes in March 1982.<ref>{{Cite dictionary |year=1996 |title=camcorder |encyclopedia=The Japanese Contributions to the English Language: An Historical Dictionary |publisher=Otto Harrassowitz Verlag |location=Wiesbaden |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GiCTPPnBuHEC&pg=PA102 |access-date=March 12, 2025 |last1=Cannon |first1=Garland Hampton |page=102 |last2=Warren |first2=Nicholas W.|isbn=978-3-447-03764-8 }}</ref>