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numismatic
Numismatic comes from French numismatique ‘currency, coin’, from Ancient Greek νόμισμα ‘custom’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ném-e-ti ‘to assign, allot’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ném-e-ti‘to assign, allot’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*némōreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEνέμω‘to distribute’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEνόμος‘custom’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEνομίζω‘to use customarily’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEνόμισμα‘custom’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnumismat-
- Frenchc. 1600–presentnumismatique‘currency, coin’
- Englishearliest quotation 1856numismatic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ném-e-ti‘to assign, allot’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*némōreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEνέμω‘to distribute’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEνόμος‘custom’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEνομίζω‘to use customarily’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEνόμισμα‘custom’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnumismat-
- Frenchc. 1600–presentnumismatique‘currency, coin’
- Englishearliest quotation 1856numismatic
Earliest quotation: 1856, Samuel Klinefelter Hoshour, Letters to Squire Pedant: “After the deperdition of Indagator, having an appetency still…”
Linked words
through Ancient Greek νέμω ‘to distribute’
through Ancient Greek νόμος ‘custom’
Today it means
adj Of or pertaining to currency, especially to coins.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ném-e-ti / numismatic