Etymograph

English

noncurrency

Noncurrency 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. Englishtodaynoncurrency1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English noncurrency

Lineage

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

Linked words

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

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

through Proto-Italic *korzō ‘to run’

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

through Latin currō ‘to run’

course, occur, curriculum, precursor, corsair, cursor, incur, concurrent, concur, recurrent, hussar, succour, recur, 23 more

through Latin currēns ‘running’

current, courant, 6 more

Today it means

adj Not of, pertaining to, or involving currency.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “noncurrency”. 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- / noncurrency

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