Etymology

moneyed

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Today it means: Affluent, rich. Full definition →

English money ← Middle English moneye ← Anglo-Norman muneie
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The story

  1. LatinMonēta
  2. Latinmonēta
  3. Old Frenchmoneie
  4. Old Frenchmonoie
  5. Anglo-Normanmuneie
  6. Middle Englishmoneye
  7. Englishmoney
  8. English todaymoneyed

From money + -ed.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.