change
NOUN:
1. a transformation or modification; alteration:
a time of vast social change; going through changes; They noticed the change in his facial expression; a change in the weather.
2. a variation, deviation, or modification:
a change in the daily routine.
3. the act or fact of changing; fact of being changed:
They are pleased by the change in their son's behavior.
4. the act, process, or result of changing.
5. the supplanting of one thing by another:
We need a total change of leadership.
Origin:
1175–1225; (v.) Middle English cha(u)ngen < Anglo-French, Old French changer < Late Latin cambiāre, Latin cambīre to exchange; (noun) Middle English cha(u)nge < Anglo-French, Old French, noun derivative of the v. C13: from Old French changier, from Latin cambīre to exchange, barter. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use of change: Verb: 13th century. Noun: 13th century. History and Etymology for change: Verb and Noun: Middle English, from Anglo-French changer, from Latin cambiare to exchange, probably of Celtic origin; akin to Old Irish camm crooked. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
Updated: 16 June 2020 {10:25 PM}
1. a transformation or modification; alteration:
a time of vast social change; going through changes; They noticed the change in his facial expression; a change in the weather.
2. a variation, deviation, or modification:
a change in the daily routine.
3. the act or fact of changing; fact of being changed:
They are pleased by the change in their son's behavior.
4. the act, process, or result of changing.
5. the supplanting of one thing by another:
We need a total change of leadership.
Origin:
1175–1225; (v.) Middle English cha(u)ngen < Anglo-French, Old French changer < Late Latin cambiāre, Latin cambīre to exchange; (noun) Middle English cha(u)nge < Anglo-French, Old French, noun derivative of the v. C13: from Old French changier, from Latin cambīre to exchange, barter. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use of change: Verb: 13th century. Noun: 13th century. History and Etymology for change: Verb and Noun: Middle English, from Anglo-French changer, from Latin cambiare to exchange, probably of Celtic origin; akin to Old Irish camm crooked. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
Updated: 16 June 2020 {10:25 PM}