Where does “coexchangeable” come from?
coexchangeable (English) comes from English exchangeable, from English exchange, from Middle English eschaungen, from Anglo-Norman eschaungier, from Old French eschanger, from Vulgar Latin excambiare, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō — resin, gum; to say, speak.
coexchangeable (English): Able to be exchanged with each other
Definitions
- Able to be exchanged with each other
Ancestry of “coexchangeable”, step by step
coexchangeable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English exchangeable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | exchangeable | Able to be exchanged; Having an associated right... |
| 2 | English | exchange | An act of exchanging or trading; A place for... |
| 3 | Middle English | eschaungen | To exchange or swap |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | eschaungier | — |
| 5 | Old French | eschanger | Alternative form of eschangier |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | excambiare | present active infinitive of *excambiō;... |
| 7 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 8 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 9 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 10 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 17 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 18 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 19 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
via English co
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | co | Clipping of company; they; them |
| 2 | English | company | A team; a group of people who work together... |
| 3 | Middle English | companye | A company, band, small group, or team of people;... |
| 4 | Old French | compaignie | companionship |
| 5 | Old French | compain | Alternative form of compaing; friend; companion |
| 6 | Latin | compāniō | comrade |
| 7 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 8 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Latin | quom | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷóm | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷos | See *kʷis |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷ- | The primary interrogative root |