Where does “contraccambio” come from?
contraccambio (Italian) comes from Italian contraccambiare, from Italian cambiare, from Spanish cambiar, from Latin cambiāre, from Latin cambiō, from Latin cambium, from Gaulish cambion, from Proto-Celtic kambos — to bend; crooked; crooked.
contraccambio (Italian): reward, return; first-person singular present...
Definitions
- reward, return; first-person singular present...
Ancestry of “contraccambio”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | contraccambiare | to return, repay, or reciprocate |
| 2 | Italian | cambiare | to exchange; to change |
| 3 | Spanish | cambiar | to change, to shift, to switch, to alter; to... |
| 4 | Latin | cambiāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | cambiō | to exchange, barter; change |
| 6 | Latin | cambium | A change; cambium |
| 7 | Gaulish | cambion | change |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | kambos | curved; twisted, crooked |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kamp- | to bend; crooked; crooked |