cambio Latin · revision 4174

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈkam.bi.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cambiō''' (present infinitive cambiāre, perfect active cambiāvī); first conjugation, no passive, no supine stem^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|cambium|-ō|t1=exchange]].^(Wiktionary) The noun is [[der|xtg|-]].^(Wiktionary) The OLD calls the verb Gallic, and the TLL says it seems to be Gaulish.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) Etymonline connects the Celtic word with [[ine-pro|*kemb-|t=to bend, crook]].^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) The grammarians Charisius and Priscian record an older fourth-conjugation form [[m|la|cambīre]] with the perfect [[m|la|campsī]], which Priscian thought came from [[grc|κάμπτω|tr=kámptō|t=to bend]].^(TLL)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Apuleius, in his Apology, speaks of exchanging labour with one's neighbours.^(TLL)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Apuleius about 125–175 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to exchange or barter, and Lewis & Short call it post-classical and very rare.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) The land surveyor Siculus Flaccus uses it beside buying and selling, and the Salic Law of someone who has bought or exchanged a horse.^(TLL) It spread in medieval Latin for exchanging possessions in law and for money-changing.^(Wiktionary)^(MLW)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ It lies behind [[it|cambiare]], [[fr|changer]] and [[es|cambiar]].^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) English ''change'' came from Old French ''changier'' about 1200.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius uses it of exchanging work.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 362 AD – Charisius records the fourth-conjugation form.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 6th century AD – Priscian discusses its perfect.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1200 – English ''change'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|exchange]], [[m|en|barter]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' To exchange property; to change money.^(MLW)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[cambium]]

+ * [[en|change]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}