English word currency comes from Latin crescendum, Proto-Indo-European *kers-, and later Proto-Italic *korzō (To run.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| crescendum | Latin (lat) | |
| *kers- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
| *kor- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
| sincerus | Latin (lat) | Clean, pure, sound.. Genuine, sincere.. Real, natural.. Uninjured, whole. |
| currendus | Latin (lat) | |
| *ḱers- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | to run |
| *korzō | Proto-Italic (itc-pro) | To run. |
| currentis | Latin (lat) | |
| currentia | Malayalam (mal) | |
| currency | English (en) | (more, _, specifically) Paper money.. (obsolete) Current value; general estimation; the rate at which anything is generally valued.. (obsolete) fluency; readiness of utterance. Money or other items used to facilitate transactions.. The state of being current; general acceptance or recognition. |