Etymograph

English

monetize

Monetize comes from French monétiser ‘to monetize’, and goes back to Latin monēta.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmonēta1
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentmonétiser1‘to monetize’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2009monetize1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English monetize
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2009, Miguel Helft, YouTube to Monetize Your 15 Minutes of Fame: “Now, when you upload a video to YouTube that…”.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmonētaWiktionary, English monetize
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentmonétiserWiktionary, English monetize‘to monetize’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2009monetizeWiktionary, English monetize. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2009, Miguel Helft, YouTube to Monetize Your 15 Minutes of Fame: “Now, when you upload a video to YouTube that…”

Linked words

through Latin monēta

money, mint, 6 more

through French monétiser ‘to monetize’

demonetization

Today it means

verb To convert something (especially a security) into currency.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “monetize”. 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.

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