change
English
/tʃeɪndʒ/
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) To become something different.
- (transitive) To make something into something else.
- (transitive) To replace.
- (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
- (transitive) To replace the clothing of (the one wearing it).
- (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.)
- (archaic) To exchange.
- (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English changen borrowed from Old French chaunger, changier derived from Latin cambiāre, cambiare, cambīre derived from Gaulish cambion (change) derived from Proto-Celtic *kambos (twisted, crooked, curved) derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱambos inherited from Middle English change derived from Old French change.
Origin
Old French
change
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antichange English
- autochanger English
- changeability English
- changeful English
- changefully English
- changefulness English
- changeless English
- changelessly English
- changelessness English
- changeling English
- changelog English
- changemaker English
- changemaking English
- changeout English
- changeover English
- changepoint English
- changer English
- changeroom English
- changeset English
- changest English
- changeth English
- changiness English
- fold English
- foldchange English
- gamechanger English
- inchangeability English
- kam English
- log English
- maker English
- making English
- megachange English
- microchange English
- multichanger English
- namechanger English
- out English
- outer English
- outerchange English
- over English
- overchange English
- point English
- rechange English
- room English
- set English
- shapechanger English
- short English
- shortchange English
- shortchanger English
- transchange English
- tree English
- treechange English
- unchange English
- unchangeability English
- *excambiāre Latin
- cambiare Latin
- cambio Latin
- cambio, *cambiō Latin
- cambium Latin
- cambiāre Latin
- cambiāre, cambiare Latin
- cambiō Latin
- cambiō, cambiāre, cambio Latin
- cambīre Latin
- changieren German
- cambiabile Italian
- cambiamento Italian
- cambiare Italian
- cangiabile Italian
- cangiamento Italian
- cangiare Italian
- contraccambiare Italian
- intercambiare Italian
- ricambiare Italian
- change French
- changement French
- changer French
- rechanger French
- cambiar Spanish, Castilian
- descambiar Spanish, Castilian
- κάμπτω Ancient Greek
- *(s)kambo- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)kh₂emb- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)ḱambos Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)ḱh₂mbós Proto-Indo-European
- *kam- Proto-Indo-European
- *kamp- Proto-Indo-European
- *kh₂em- Proto-Indo-European
- *kh₂em-, *kh₂emp- Proto-Indo-European
- cambiar Portuguese
- canga Portuguese
- チェンジ Japanese
- チェンジャー Japanese
- bor Polish
- cinkciarz Polish
- Granta Old English
- gombe Old English
- change Middle English
- changen Middle English
- changere Danish
- cangier Old French
- change Old French
- changier Old French
- chaunger Old French
- ŝanĝi Esperanto
- camba Galician
- cambo Galician
- cancil Galician
- canga Galician
- cango Galician
- schimba Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- schimbare Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- κάμπτω Greek (modern)
- kambiar Ido
- camm Old Irish
- change Norman
- changi Norman
- changier Norman
- chànge Norman
- changéieren Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- cambiar Old Portuguese
- *kamb- Proto-Celtic
- *kambos Proto-Celtic
- 唱錢 Chinese
- chenji Swahili
- shintsha Zulu
- canciari Sicilian
- cangiari Sicilian
- cen Volapük
- yelacen Volapük
- itshintshi Xhosa
- senisim Tok Pisin
- chaunger xno
- chanje Haitian, Haitian Creole
- cambion Gaulish
- cambios Gaulish
- changé Louisiana Creole French
- chinji Chichewa, Chewa, Nyanja
- canger Picard
- kam
- out
- log
- set
- tree
- room
- over
- fold
- maker
- outer
- point
- short
- making
- changer
- changest
- changeth
- unchange
- rechange
- changeful
- changeout
- changeset
- changelog
- foldchange
- changiness
- changeover
- changeling
- treechange
- changeless
- changeroom
- overchange
- antichange
- megachange
- autochanger
- changemaker
- changefully
- outerchange
- shortchange
- changepoint
- gamechanger
- microchange
- namechanger
- transchange
- shortchanger
- shapechanger
- multichanger
- changelessly
- changemaking
- changefulness
- changeability
- changelessness
- unchangeability
- inchangeability