'camel-associated' is a compound formed from 'camel' and 'associated'. 'camel' originates from Latin, specifically the word 'camelus', where the Greek 'kamelos' and the Semitic root 'gamal' meant 'camel'. 'associated' originates from Latin, specifically the word 'associare', where the prefix 'ad-' meant 'to/toward' and 'sociare' meant 'to join or ally'.

'camel' changed from Greek 'kamelos' to Latin 'camelus' and later entered Old English as 'camel' to become the modern English 'camel'. 'associated' changed from Latin 'associare' through Old French 'associer' and Middle English 'associate' to the modern adjective 'associated'.

Initially 'camel' meant the animal 'camel' (this core meaning is retained), while 'associated' originally meant 'joined with' or 'put together' and gradually came to mean 'connected with' or 'related to' in modern usage; the compound thus means 'related to camels'.