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monetary
Monetary comes from Late Latin monētārius ‘pertaining to money’, from monēta ‘mint, coinage’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *men-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*men-root as named
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEmonēta‘mint, coinage’
- Late Latin, derivedc. 200–600 CEmonētārius‘pertaining to money’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600monétaire
- Englishearliest quotation 2019monetary
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*men-root as named
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEmonēta‘mint, coinage’
- Late Latin, derivedc. 200–600 CEmonētārius‘pertaining to money’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600monétaire
- Englishearliest quotation 2019monetary
Earliest quotation: 2019, Mark Zandi, Blame Trump for the Fed’s broken monetary policy compass: “So what’s the Fed to do? It must manage…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *men-
music, mind, amount, comment, remain, museum, mental, mouth, mention, auto, min, permanent, mountain, mount, monster, monitor, mentor, maya, demonstration, dementia, muse, monument, menace, ming, mas, mantra, imminent, monk, amnesty, mania, muster, prominence, mosaic, eminent, mandarin, manic, remnant, monte, monastery, amnesia, 124 more
through Late Latin monēta ‘mint, coinage’
money, mint, demonetization, 5 more
through Late Latin monētārius ‘pertaining to money’
Today it means
adj Of, pertaining to, or consisting of money.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *men- / monetary