exchange

exchange · noun¹

1. Late Latin · derived fromcambiō
2. Latin · derived fromex
3. Vulgar Latin · derived from*excambiāre
4. Old French · derived fromeschange
5. Anglo-Norman · derived fromeschaunge
6. Middle English · inherited fromeschaunge
7. English todayexchange

From Middle English eschaunge, borrowed from Anglo-Norman eschaunge, from Old French eschange (whence modern French échange), from the verb eschanger, from Vulgar Latin *excambiāre (from Latin ex with Late Latin cambiō). Spelling later changed on the basis of ex-, with pronunciation following. By surface analysis, ex- + change.

exchange · verb²

1. Late Latin · derived fromcambiō
2. Latin · derived fromex
3. Vulgar Latin · derived from*excambiāre
4. Old French · derived fromeschanger
5. Anglo-Norman · derived fromeschaungier
6. Middle English · inherited fromeschaungen
7. English todayexchange

From Middle English eschaungen, from Anglo-Norman eschaungier, Old French eschanger, from the Old French verb eschangier, eschanger (whence modern French échanger), from Vulgar Latin *excambiāre (from Latin ex with Late Latin cambiō). Gradually displaced native Old English wrixlan, wixlan (“to change, exchange, reciprocate”) and its descendants, wrixle being one of them.

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