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English

Root

manika

to force in; to press; to compel

Money aligned to Shona manika via PIE men and monere

Confidence
56/100
Root language
Shona
Descent begins
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The consensus position

Money comes via Middle English and Old French from Latin monēta ‘mint’, the epithet of Iuno Monēta, from monēre ‘warn’ and ultimately PIE *men- ‘to think’.

The working behind this.

The full descent — 9 links from the attested form down to the root — the segment-by-segment correspondences, the phonological breakdown and the case for the derivation are behind an account.

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