Where does “échangisme” come from?
échangisme (French) comes from French échange, from Old French eschange, from Old French eschanger, from Vulgar Latin excambiare, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis — resin, gum; to say, speak.
échangisme (French): swinging
Ancestry of “échangisme”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | échange | exchange; first-person singular present... |
| 2 | Old French | eschange | exchange; swap |
| 3 | Old French | eschanger | Alternative form of eschangier |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | excambiare | present active infinitive of *excambiō;... |
| 5 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 6 | Latin | commūnicō | — |
| 7 | Latin | commūnis | — |
| 8 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | — |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |