English → Latin
“currency” in Latin
cursusthe act of running; race; Course, way, passage, journey, voyage, march; Course, progress, direction, development, succesnummusa coin, piece of moneyrēsthing, object, stuff; matter, issue, subject, topic; affair, eventargentumsilver (metal, element); a silver thing
The English word currency itself goes back to Latin currēns, through currentia.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
currency
Fluency, Vid: the word.
Course of things, cursus (rerum).
Current coin, nummi circumforanei (after Cic., ad Att., 2, 1, 11), or nummi; only lawful currancy, numi boni: copper currancy, aes signatum: silver currancy, argentum signatum or (from context) argentum only; Vid: COIN.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for currency?
- The usual Latin words for “currency” are cursus, nummus, rēs; also argentum. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.