Etymology

bureau de change

Today it means: A place where foreign currency can be exchanged. Full definition →

French bureau de change
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The story

  1. French · borrowed frombureau de change“office of exchange”
  2. English todaybureau de change

Unadapted borrowing from French bureau de change (“office of exchange”).

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