lucre

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*leh₂w-“gain, profit”
2. Latin · derived fromlucrum“advantage, profit; love of gain, avarice”
3. Old French · derived fromlucre
4. Middle English · inherited fromlūcre
5. English todaylucre

From Middle English lūcre, lucor, lucour, lucur (“gain in money, profit; money; wages; illicit gain; advantage, benefit”), from Old French lucre or Latin lucrum (“advantage, profit; love of gain, avarice”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w- (“gain, profit”) + *-tlom (variant of *-trom (suffix forming nouns denoting tools or instruments)).

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