Where does “monedă” come from?
monedă (Romanian) comes from Greek μονέδα, from Venetian monéda, 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,...
monedă (Romanian): coin
Ancestry of “monedă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Greek | μονέδα | — |
| 2 | Venetian | monéda | money, currency |
| 3 | Latin | Monēta | — |
| 4 | Latin | moneō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | moneō | to remind, to warn |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | monéyeti | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |