Where does “currency” come from?

Currency derives from Medieval Latin currentia, from Latin currens (running), from Latin curro (to run), tracing back through Proto-Indo-European kers- and ḱers- (to run).

currency (English): Money or other items used to facilitate...

Definitions

  1. Money or other items used to facilitate...

Ancestry of “currency”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latincurrentianominative neuter plural of currēns; accusative...
2Latincurrensrunning; hurrying, hastening, speeding; moving,...
3LatincurroI run; I hurry, hasten, speed; I move, travel,...
4Proto-Italickorzōto run
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱers-to run

Words derived from “currency”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱers- →