The Database of Semantic Shifts in the languages of the world

to trade → to deceive 4 realizations Multi-area

NEW Realization 2
type		Polysemy
language		Malagasy
lexeme		mivarotra
meaning 1	to trade
direction	—
meaning 2	to take advantage of someone's ignorance
reference		Korneev 1966: 542
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ACCEPTED Realization 3
type		Polysemy
language		Old French
lexeme		barater
meaning 1	to make and exchange
direction	—
meaning 2	to deceive
reference
comment		Cf. Mod. Fr. Baraterie ‘deceipt, dodgery’. Also the Ital. barattare ‘to make an exchange (of goods etc. )’, baratto ‘exchange, substitution’, ‘bargaining, mercantilism’, baratteria ‘bribery’. The Eng. To barter stems from Fr. From Ital.: Serb.-Cr. Dial. Барат ‘exchange, trade’, баратати ‘to trade, to exhange’, Sloven. Bara(n)táti ‘to trade’, рум. A bărătui (dial. A bărăta, a bărătăi, bărăţi) ‘to trade’, ‘to discuss’.