Latin

currens

‘running’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin currens.

9 English words in this record descend from Latin currens, most familiar first.

• current ← curraunt ← curant
• currency ← currentia
• courant
• currence
• eurocurrency ← currency ← currentia
• metacurrency ← currency ← currentia
• microcurrency ← currency ← currentia
• multicurrency ← currency ← currentia
• noncurrency ← currency ← currentia

Etymograph / Latin currens