Reconstruction:Latin/excambiare
Latin
Etymology
From ex- (“out”) + cambiāre (“exchange”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /(ɪ)skamˈbʲare/
Verb
*excambiāre (Proto-Romance)
Descendants
- Balkan Romance:
- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: scambiare
- Sicilian: scanciari
- North Italian:
- Friulian: sgambiâ
- Romansch: stgamiar, scumiar, scumgear, scumiar, stgamger, s-chamger, s-chamgiar
- Venetan: scanbiar
- Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: escanviar
- Old French: eschangier, eschanger, eschaunger
- French: échanger
- → Middle English: eschaungen, echaungen
- English: exchange
- Occitan: escambiar
- Ibero-Romance:
References
- “schimba”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025