moneda

/moˈneda/ · B1 · noun · f

coin

moneda — coin

🪙 moneda ~ money: both from Latin Moneta, the temple where Rome minted coins

Rome struck its coins at the temple of Juno Moneta. That name gave Spanish moneda and English money and mint. So moneda is a sister word of money: swap the ending and you get the coin, and by extension a country's currency.

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