English → Latin
“exchange” in Latin
mūtātiōchange, alteration; interchange, exchangepermūtātiōchange, alteration; exchange, bartercollybusexchange (of currencies); rate of exchange; premiumcūrōto arrange, see to, attend to, take care of, look after, ensure, tend to; to heal, cure; to govern, command, preside ovebasilicusroyal, princely; Ellipsis of basilicus iactus: one of the best throw at the dice (its exact value is unknown)mercātustrade, traffic, buying and selling; market, marketplace; festival assemblage, public feast
The English word exchange itself goes back to Latin cambium, through *excambiō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
exchange
mutatio: permutatio: (☞ not commutatio, which means only “change,” “alteration,” in classical writers). To make an exchange [Vid: To EXCHANGE].
Exchange of money, collybus (☞ not cambium). To pay by a bill of exchange, permutare alicui pecuniam, etc.: by a bill of exchange payable at Athens; to give anybody a bill of exchange on Athens for his annual expenses, curare, ut permutetur Athenas quod sit in annuum sumptum alicui (Cic., Att., 15, 15, fin.).
An exchange (place of business), basilica (roofed and with pillars, for the convenience of merchants, etc.): conciliabulumf (general term): *conciliabulum mercatorum: mercatus, us: *forum mercatorium.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for exchange?
- The usual Latin words for “exchange” are mūtātiō, permūtātiō, collybus; also cūrō, basilicus, mercātus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.