Etymograph

English

moneyer

Moneyer comes from Middle English moneyour ‘one who deals in money’, and goes back to Latin monēta.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmonēta1
  2. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400muneie1
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500moneye2as money‘money, currency’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500moneyour2‘one who deals in money’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 2009moneyer2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Middle English moneye
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English moneyer
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity: “As best they could, the imperial moneyers carved coin…”.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmonētaWiktionary, Middle English moneye
  2. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400muneieWiktionary, Middle English moneye
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500moneyeWiktionary, English moneyeras money‘money, currency’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500moneyourWiktionary, English moneyer‘one who deals in money’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 2009moneyerWiktionary, English moneyer. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity: “As best they could, the imperial moneyers carved coin…”

Linked words

through Latin monēta

mint, monetary, monetize, demonetization, 5 more

Today it means

noun A minter: one who makes money, particularly (historical) the superintendent of a mint producing coinage.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “moneyer”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Middle English moneye. 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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