Etymology

microcurrency

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Today it means: A currency limited to a certain region or context, often intended for very specific commodities. Full definition →

English currency ← Medieval Latin currentia ← Latin currēns
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
  3. Ancient Greekμῑκρο- (mīkro-)
  4. Englishmicro-
  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 todaymicrocurrency

From micro- + currency.

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