monetary

The story

1. Latin · derived frommonētārius“of a mint”
2. Late Latin · derived frommonētārius“pertaining to money”
3. Middle French · derived frommonétaire
4. English todaymonetary

From Middle French monétaire, from Late Latin monētārius (“pertaining to money”), from Latin monētārius (“of a mint”), from monēta (“mint, coinage”), from the presence—from 273 BC to AD 84—of the chief Roman mint at the Templum Iunonis Monetae (“Temple of Juno Moneta”), q.v. Doublet of minter.

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