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Where does “nonexchanger” come from?

nonexchanger (English) comes from English exchanger, 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...

nonexchanger (English): One who does not engage in an exchange

Definitions

  1. One who does not engage in an exchange

Ancestry of “nonexchanger”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishexchangerA person or thing that exchanges one thing for...
2EnglishexchangeAn act of exchanging or trading; A place for...
3Middle Englisheschaungen—
4Anglo-Normaneschaungier—
5Old FrencheschangerAlternative form of eschangier
6Vulgar Latinexcambiarepresent active infinitive of *excambiō;...
7LatinexA name of the letter "X"; out of, from
8Latincommūnicō—
9Latincommūnis—
10Old Latincom(m)oinis—
11Proto-Italickommoinis—
12Proto-Indo-Europeanḱom-moy-ni-held in common
13Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
14Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
15Middle Englishkyt—
16Middle Dutchkittea wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...
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