Currency
/ˈkʌr.ən.si/noun
Money in general, especially the system of coins and banknotes used in a country.
Did you know?“Currency” comes from Latin *currens*, meaning “running,” because money was originally imagined as something that *circulates* through society like a current.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*kers-
“to run”
Latin
Latin
currere
“to run”
Latin
Latin
currens
“running, flowing”
Old French
Old French
curance
“circulation, running course”
Middle English
English
currency
“circulation, current state; later, money in circulation”
Modern English
English
currency
“a system of money used in a country”
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