Where does “swaplist” come from?

swaplist (English) comes from English List, from French liste, from German līste, from Italian lista, from Old High German līsta, from Proto-Germanic līstōn.

swaplist (English): A list of items that the owner wishes to swap for...

Definitions

  1. A list of items that the owner wishes to swap for...

Ancestry of “swaplist”, step by step

swaplist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English List

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishListA strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth
2Frenchlistelist
3Germanlīstelist
4Italianlistalist, pile; strip, stripe; inflection of...
5Old High Germanlīsta—
6Proto-Germaniclīstōn—

via English swap

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishswapTo exchange or give in an exchange; To hit, to...
2Middle Englishswap—
3Middle Englishswappea blow, strike, lash from a whip
Every word from Proto-Germanic līstōn →Every word from Old High German līsta →Every word from Italian lista →