Where does “shortchanger” come from?
shortchanger (English) comes from English shortchange, from English change, from Middle English chaungen, from Anglo-Norman chaunger, from Old French changier, from Late Latin cambiare, from Latin cambiō, from Latin cambium — to bend; crooked; crooked.
shortchanger (English): One who shortchanges
Definitions
- One who shortchanges
Ancestry of “shortchanger”, step by step
shortchanger traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English shortchange
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | shortchange | To defraud someone by giving them less change... |
| 2 | English | change | To become something different; To make something... |
| 3 | Middle English | chaungen | to change; to modify |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | chaunger | Late Anglo-Norman spelling of changier |
| 5 | Old French | changier | to change; to make a change |
| 6 | Late Latin | cambiare | — |
| 7 | Latin | cambiō | to exchange, barter; change |
| 8 | Latin | cambium | A change; cambium |
| 9 | Gaulish | cambion | change |
| 10 | Proto-Celtic | kambos | curved; twisted, crooked |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kamp- | to bend; crooked; crooked |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |