LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation

excambiō

*excambiō (present infinitive *excambiāre, perfect active *excambiāvī, supine *excambiātum)

Meaning

  1. Proto Romancereconstructionexchange

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinexcambiō

Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em-? Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱh₂embos Proto-Celtic *kambosder. Gaulish cambionbor. Latin cambium Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin cambiāre Latin *excambiāre From ex- (“out”) + cambiāre (“exchange”).

Northern Gallo-Romance
  • Frenchéchangerfrom Old French eschangier
  • Englishexchangefrom Old French eschangier
Southern Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanescanviar
  • Occitanescambiar
Ibero-Romance
  • Portugueseescambiar
  • Portugueseescambar
  • Asturiandescambiar
  • Asturianescambiar
Balkano-Romance
  • Romanianschimba
  • Albanianshkëmbej
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italianscambiare
  • Sicilianscanciari
  • Venetanscanbiar
Elsewhere
  • Englishexcamb
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friuliansgambiâ
  • Romanshstgamiar
  • Romanshscumiar
  • Romanshscumgear
  • Romanshstgamger
  • Romanshs-chamger
  • Romanshs-chamgiar

In English words that came into English from excambiō

  • exchange*excambiō

Quick answers

What does excambiō mean in Latin?
excambiō, a verb, means “exchange”.
What are the principal parts of excambiō?
excambiō, *excambiāre, *excambiāvī, *excambiātum (first conjugation).
Where does excambiō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ → Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs → Proto-Italic *eks → Latin excambiō.