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English word origin

Etymology of money

Etymology tree Latin Monēta Latin monēta Old French moneie Old French monoie Anglo-Norman muneiebor. Middle English moneye English money From Middle English moneye, moneie, money, borrowed from Anglo-Norman muneie (“mone

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Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/2

Original entry ↗
adj

Cool; excellent.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree Latin Monēta Latin monēta Old French moneie Old French monoie Anglo-Norman muneiebor. Middle English moneye English money From Middle English moneye, moneie, money, borrowed from Anglo-Norman muneie (“money”), from Latin monēta (“money, a place for coining money, coin, mint”), from the name of the temple of Juno Moneta in Rome, where a mint was. In this sense, displaced native Old English feoh, whence English fee. Doublet of mint, ultimately from the same Latin word but through Germanic and Old English, and of manat, through Russian and Azerbaijani or Turkmen.

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Unnumbered source etymology · variant 2/2

Original entry ↗
noun

A generally accepted means of exchange. · A currency maintained by a state or other entity which can guarantee its value (such as a monetary union). · Hard cash in the form of banknotes and coins, as opposed to cheques, credit cards, or credit more generally. · The total value of liquid assets available for an individual or other economic unit, such as cash and bank deposits.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree Latin Monēta Latin monēta Old French moneie Old French monoie Anglo-Norman muneiebor. Middle English moneye English money From Middle English moneye, moneie, money, borrowed from Anglo-Norman muneie (“money”), from Latin monēta (“money, a place for coining money, coin, mint”), from the name of the temple of Juno Moneta in Rome, where a mint was. In this sense, displaced native Old English feoh, whence English fee. Doublet of mint, ultimately from the same Latin word but through Germanic and Old English, and of manat, through Russian and Azerbaijani or Turkmen.

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