Etymology

petrocurrency

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Today it means: The currency of an oil-producing nation which tends to vary in value against other currencies in line with changes in the price of oil. Full definition →

English currency ← Medieval Latin currentia ← Latin currēns
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekπέτρᾱ (pétrā)
  2. Latinpetra
  3. Englishpetro-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*ḱers-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ḱr̥séti
  6. Proto-Italic*korsō
  7. Latincurrō
  8. Latincurrēns
  9. Medieval Latincurrentia
  10. Englishcurrency
  11. English todaypetrocurrency

From petro- + currency.

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