## Etymology
From change + -ling (diminutive/agentive suffix), originally meaning 'one given to change, a fickle person', later the folkloric child secretly exchanged by fairies. Change is from Old French changier, from Late Latin cambiāre.

## AI Etymology
Changeling comes from change + -ling (diminutive/agentive suffix), originally meaning 'one given to change, a fickle person', later the folkloric child secretly exchanged by fairies. Change is from Old French changier, from Late Latin cambiāre. The historical trail runs through Old French changier and Latin cambiāre. Morphologically, the surface form is analyzable into prefixes, suffixes, compounds, or participial endings that carry part of the history. The later sense follows a semantic development already present in the word's history. In modern use it means a child secretly substituted for another in folklore, esp. by fairies. Related forms include change, changer.

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