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Where does “monétaire” come from?

monétaire (Middle French) comes from Late Latin monetarius, from Latin monētārius, from Latin Monēta, from Latin moneō, from Proto-Italic moneō, from Proto-Indo-European monéyeti, from Proto-Indo-European men- — to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...

Ancestry of “monétaire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinmonetariuspertaining to money; of a mint; minter, money...
2Latinmonētārius—
3LatinMonēta—
4Latinmoneō—
5Proto-Italicmoneōto remind, to warn
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmonéyeti—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmen-to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...

Words derived from “monétaire”

  • monetary
  • nonmonetary
  • monetarist
  • monetarily
  • monetarism
  • monetarization
  • premonetary
  • nonmonetarist
  • demonetarization
  • unmonetary
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