Etymology

monetize

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Today it means: To convert something (especially a security) into currency. Full definition →

French monétiser ← Latin monēta
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  1. Latin · derived frommonēta
  2. French · derived frommonétiser
  3. English todaymonetize

From French monétiser From Latin monēta (whence monnaie) + -iser.

Words from the same roots

Latinmonēta all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.