Etymology

cybercurrency

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Today it means: Synonym of digital currency. Full definition →

English currency ← Medieval Latin currentia ← Latin currēns
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekκυβερνάω (kubernáō)
  2. Ancient Greekκυβερνητικός (kubernētikós)
  3. Englishcyberneticclip.
  4. Englishcyber-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ḱers-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ḱr̥séti
  7. Proto-Italic*korsō
  8. Latincurrō
  9. Latincurrēns
  10. Medieval Latincurrentia
  11. Englishcurrency
  12. English todaycybercurrency

From cyber- + currency.

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