Exchange
/ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒ/noun
To give something and receive something else in return, or an act of doing so.
Did you know?Exchange comes through Old French from Latin roots tied to changing, with the same ancient family behind words like change and exchange itself, but its deeper power is in the idea of one thing being taken off and another put in its place.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*keng-
“To turn, bend, or move aside.”
Latin
Latin
cambiare
“To exchange, barter, or change.”
Late Latin
Latin
excambiare
“To exchange, swap, or make an exchange.”
Old French
Old French
eschangier
“To exchange, barter, or replace one thing with another.”
Middle English
English
chaungen / exchange
“To trade, swap, or make a reciprocal transfer.”
Modern English
English
exchange
“To give one thing and receive another in return.”