Where does “monetarist” come from?
Monetarist derives from English monetary and the Latin suffix -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής, denoting one who practices or specializes in an activity, ultimately from Latin moneta, originally a title of the goddess Moneta associated with moneying or warning.
monetarist (English): Of, pertaining to, or advocating monetarism; An...
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- Of, pertaining to, or advocating monetarism; An...
Ancestry of “monetarist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | monetary | Of, pertaining to, or consisting of money |
| 2 | Middle French | monétaire | — |
| 3 | Late Latin | monetarius | pertaining to money; of a mint; minter, money... |
| 4 | Latin | monētārius | Of or related to mints or minting |
| 5 | Latin | Monēta | — |
| 6 | Latin | moneō | to warn, to advise |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | moneō | to remind, to warn |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | monéyeti | to cause to think, make think |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |