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