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prettygoodwordcambist (KAM-bist) - n., a money changer; one who deals in bills of exchange, or who is skilled in foreign exchange; a table or manual giving the exchange values of moneys, weights, and measures of various countries.
A somewhat old-fashioned word -- though there have been some moden uses -- especially the table of exchange rates. Adopted around 1800 from French cambiste, from Italian cambista, foreign exchange dealer, from cambiare, to exchange/change, from Vulgar Latin cambiāre, from either Late Latin cambiō or Latin cambium, change, from Gaulish cambion/*kambyom, change, ultimately from PIE root *kh₂em-, to bend/curve. Which is a bit of a twisty route.
---L.
A somewhat old-fashioned word -- though there have been some moden uses -- especially the table of exchange rates. Adopted around 1800 from French cambiste, from Italian cambista, foreign exchange dealer, from cambiare, to exchange/change, from Vulgar Latin cambiāre, from either Late Latin cambiō or Latin cambium, change, from Gaulish cambion/*kambyom, change, ultimately from PIE root *kh₂em-, to bend/curve. Which is a bit of a twisty route.
---L.
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Date: 2024-06-28 02:10 am (UTC)This one I recognized! It's in the title of one of my very favourite short stories, The Cambist and Lord Iron.
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Date: 2024-06-28 02:46 am (UTC)I may have been linked to that story from you.
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Date: 2024-06-28 02:59 am (UTC)I don't remember this, but it's not impossible--it's been one of my favourites for a long time now.
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Date: 2024-06-28 02:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-07-12 12:23 am (UTC)Ah! If it was recent, it wasn't me; I've been away for a while. It's a good story, though! Glad to know there's another fan lurking nearby.