Where does “monŝanĝejo” come from?
monŝanĝejo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto ŝanĝi, 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.
monŝanĝejo (Esperanto): bureau de change, currency exchange
Definitions
- bureau de change, currency exchange
Ancestry of “monŝanĝejo”, step by step
monŝanĝejo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto ŝanĝi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | ŝanĝi | to 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 Esperanto mono
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | mono | money |
| 2 | English | money | A legally or socially binding conceptual contract... |
| 3 | Middle English | moneye | Alternative form of money |
| 4 | Old French | moneie | Alternative form of monoie; money |
| 5 | Latin | Monēta | — |
| 6 | Latin | moneō | to warn, to advise |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | moneō | to remind, to warn |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | monéyeti | to cause to think, make think |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |