Word: change Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree 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 Late Latin cambiō Late Latin cambiāreder. Old French changierder. Anglo-Norman chaungerbor. Middle English chaungen English change From Middle English changen, chaungen, from Old French changier, from Late Latin cambiāre, from Latin cambīre (“to exchange, barter”), derived from the noun cambium (“change”) (whence was loaned the English doublet cambium), from Gaulish cambion, earlier *kambyom (“change”), related to Proto-Celtic *kambos (“twisted, crooked”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱh₂(e)mbos, *(s)kh₂(e)mbos (“crooked”). More at skimp, scam; see also Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em-. Cognate with Italian cambiare, Portuguese cambiar, Romanian schimba, Sicilian canciari, Spanish cambiar. Used in English since the 13th century. Displaced Middle English wenden, from wendan (“to turn, change”) (whence wend). The noun is from Middle English change, chaunge, from Old French change, from the verb changier. See also exchange. Possibly related from the same source is Old English gombe. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ/, [ˈt͡ʃʰeɪ̯nd͡ʒ], /ˈt͡ʃɛjnd͡ʒ/, /ˈt͡ʃæɪnd͡ʒ/, [ˈt͡ʃʰæ̝ɪ̯nd͡ʒ] 1. The process or result of becoming different. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The product is undergoing a change in order to improve it. Example: Such much-needed changes to the exam format might have a serious effect on candidates' performance. 2. Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination. Labels: uncountable Example: Can I get change for this $100 bill, please? 3. A replacement. Labels: countable Example: a change of clothes Example: After beating champions Chelsea 3-1 on Boxing Day, Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger made eight changes to his starting XI in an effort to freshen things up, with games against Birmingham and Manchester City to come in the next seven days. 4. A replacement. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The baby needs a change 5. Balance of money returned from the sum paid after deducting the price of a purchase. Labels: uncountable Example: A customer who pays with a 10-pound note for a £9 item receives one pound in change. 6. An amount of cash, usually in the form of coins, but sometimes inclusive of paper money. Labels: uncountable Example: Do you have any change on you? I need to make a phone call. Example: This bus ride requires exact change. 7. A transfer between vehicles. Labels: countable Example: The train journey from Bristol to Nottingham includes a change at Birmingham. Example: It [the Elizabeth Line] will provide a 6tph (trains per hour) service and with a single change at Hayes & Harlington offer services towards Reading. 8. A change-up pitch. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Four bells admit twenty-four changes in ringing. 10. A public house; an alehouse. Labels: Scotland, countable, dated, uncountable Example: 1727-1728, Edward Burt, Letters from a Gentleman in the North of Scotland to his Friend in London They call an alehouse a change.