Etymograph

English

metacurrency

Metacurrency comes from Latin currēns ‘running’, from currō ‘to run’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱers-1‘to run’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱr̥séti1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*korzō1‘to run’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcurrō1‘to run’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcurrēns1‘running’
  6. Medieval Latinmoderncurrentia1
  7. English1500–presentcurrency1
  8. Englishtodaymetacurrency1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English metacurrency

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱers-Wiktionary, English metacurrency‘to run’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱr̥sétiWiktionary, English metacurrencyreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*korzōWiktionary, English metacurrency‘to run’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcurrōWiktionary, English metacurrency‘to run’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcurrēnsWiktionary, English metacurrency‘running’
  6. Medieval LatinmoderncurrentiaWiktionary, English metacurrency
  7. English1500–presentcurrencyWiktionary, English metacurrency
  8. EnglishtodaymetacurrencyWiktionary, English metacurrency

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- ‘to run’

charge, career, carry, rush, cargo, carrier, hurry, carriage, intercourse, chariot, carousel, occurrence, recourse, caricature, corral, hurrah, cursory, recursive, carrack, 34 more

through Proto-Italic *korzō ‘to run’

corridor, discourse, courier, concourse, incursion, 19 more

through Latin currō ‘to run’

course, occur, curriculum, precursor, corsair, incur, cursor, concurrent, concur, recurrent, recursion, recur, succour, hussar, 22 more

through Latin currēns ‘running’

current, courant, 6 more

Today it means

noun A type of resource allotted to players that is spent and exchanged without any resource exchanging occurring in the game world.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “metacurrency”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- / metacurrency

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