xenocurrency

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noun

Any currency that is traded outside its domestic borders.

OriginEnglish currency ← Medieval Latin currentia ← Latin currēns →
Scrabble 26
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Meanings

nounxenocurrency (plural xenocurrencies)

plural xenocurrencies

  1. businessAny currency that is traded outside its domestic borders.

Origin

  1. Proto-Hellenic*ksénwos
  2. Ancient Greekξένϝος (xénwos)
  3. Ancient Greekξένος (xénos)
  4. Englishxeno-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ḱers-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ḱr̥séti
  7. Proto-Italic*korsō
  8. Latincurrō
  9. Latincurrēns
  10. Medieval Latincurrentia
  11. Englishcurrency
  12. Englishxenocurrency

From xeno- + currency.

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APA

xenocurrency. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xenocurrency

MLA

“xenocurrency.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xenocurrency. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “xenocurrency,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xenocurrency.

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