English
money
Money comes from Anglo-Norman muneie ‘money’, from Latin monēta ‘mint; money’, from Monēta, an epithet of Juno, in whose temple in Rome coins were minted.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEMonēta‘epithet of Juno’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmonēta‘mint; money, coinage’
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400muneie‘money’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500moneye‘money’
- Englishearliest quotation 1828money
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEMonēta‘epithet of Juno’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmonēta‘mint; money, coinage’
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400muneie‘money’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500moneye‘money’
- Englishearliest quotation 1828money
Earliest quotation: 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology: “After his marriage, John made a progress through the…”
The story
In this sense, displaced native Old English feoh, whence English fee.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *men-
music, mind, comment, amount, mental, remain, museum, mouth, mountain, mention, auto, min, permanent, mount, monster, mentor, monitor, maya, dementia, demonstration, muse, menace, ming, mas, mandarin, mantra, monument, imminent, mania, muster, amnesty, prominence, eminent, manic, mosaic, remnant, monastery, monk, mantis, amnesia, 125 more
through Latin monēta ‘money, a place for coining money, coin, mint’
Today it means
noun A generally accepted means of exchange.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin Monēta / money