gear change, gearshift (a mechanism which changes gears in a vehicle) · gear shift, shift lever, stick shift; (UK) gear lever, gear stick (the lever used to change gears in a motor car) · derailleur (the mechanism on a bicycle used to move the chain from one sprocket (gear) to another)
köken: Deverbal from cambiare + -o. From verb cambiare inherited from Vulgar Latin cambiāre (“to change, exchange”) from Late Latin cambiō, or from corresponding noun Latin cambium (“change”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂emp- (“to bend, curve”). Compare Spanish cambio and Portuguese câmbio.