Where does “eschaunge” come from?
eschaunge (Middle English) comes from Anglo-Norman eschaunge, 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.
eschaunge (Middle English): Exchange; giving in compensation for something received
Definitions
- Exchange; giving in compensation for something received
Ancestry of “eschaunge”, step by step
eschaunge traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Anglo-Norman eschaunge
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anglo-Norman | eschaunge | — |
| 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 | to impart, share |
| 7 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 8 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 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 | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 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 |
via Anglo-Norman eschaungier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anglo-Norman | eschaungier | — |
| 2 | Latin | excambiāre | exchange |