English
chrematistic
Chrematistic comes from Ancient Greek χρῆμα ‘money’, from χρᾰ́ομαι ‘want, need’, and ultimately from χρή ‘have to’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEχρή‘have to’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEχρᾰ́ομαι‘want, need’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEχρῆμαkhrêma‘money’
- Englishearliest quotation 1949chrematistic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEχρή‘have to’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEχρᾰ́ομαι‘want, need’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEχρῆμαkhrêma‘money’
- Englishearliest quotation 1949chrematistic
Earliest quotation: 1949, Ludwig von Mises: “Man can remove some of the chrematistic consequences of…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- ‘to grow (of plants?)’
green, grow, grass, herb, groom, arbor, gourmet, graze, yerba, greedily, ambergris, 17 more
Today it means
adj Related to wealth as far as it can be calculated in terms of money.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek χρή / chrematistic