The French verb comes from Latin cambiāre “to exchange,” from earlier cambīre “to exchange, barter,” both of Celtic (Gaulish) origin. The Middle English verb change, chaungen, chaungie, changen, chaingen (and other spelling variants) “to be altered, alter (a purpose, attitude, or opinion), transform or be transformed substitute, exchange” come from Anglo-French chaunger, changir and Old French changier, with the same meanings. The English noun and verb change are both recorded at just about the same time (between 12), but the meanings of the noun follow those of the verb.
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