Where does “exchangeably” come from?
exchangeably (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 — a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...
exchangeably (English): By way of exchange
Ancestry of “exchangeably”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 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 | — |
| 9 | Latin | commūnis | — |
| 10 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | — |
| 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 | Middle Dutch | kitte | a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden... |