Etymograph

English

monetize

Monetize comes from French monétiser ‘to monetize’, and goes back to Latin monēta.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmonēta
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentmonétiser‘to monetize’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2009monetize

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmonēta
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentmonétiser‘to monetize’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2009monetize

Earliest quotation: 2009, Miguel Helft, YouTube to Monetize Your 15 Minutes of Fame: “Now, when you upload a video to YouTube that…”

Linked words

through Latin monēta

money, mint, 6 more

through French monétiser ‘to monetize’

demonetization

Today it means

verb To convert something (especially a security) into currency.

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Etymograph / Latin monēta / monetize

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