Etymology

noncurrency

N1O1N1C3U1R1R1E1N1C3Y4

Today it means: Not of, pertaining to, or involving currency. Full definition →

English currency ← Medieval Latin currentia ← Latin currēns
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*ḱers-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*ḱr̥séti
  16. Proto-Italic*korsō
  17. Latincurrō
  18. Latincurrēns
  19. Medieval Latincurrentia
  20. Englishcurrency
  21. English todaynoncurrency

From non- + currency.

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