English
shapechange
Compound of shape + change.
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kep- ‘to split, cut’
Proto-Germanic *gaskapą
Proto-West Germanic *gaskap
Old English ġesceap ‘shape, form; creation’
Middle English schap
English shape
Proto-Celtic *kambos ‘twisted, crooked, bent’
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Latin cambium ‘exchange’
Latin cambiō ‘to exchange, barter’
Old French changier ‘to change’
Middle English changen
English change
Today it means
verb To shapeshift.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “shapechange”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
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