moneye

Middle English

Alternative forms

• monay, monaye, mone, monee, moneie, money, monie, monney, monnoy, monnoye, monny, monoie, monoye, mony, monye, moonay

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman muneie (compare modern Norman mounaie), from Latin monēta; doublet of mynt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muˈnɛi̯(ə)/, /ˈmunɛi̯(ə)/

Noun

moneye (uncountable)

1. money, currency
2. coinage, coin
3. wealth, fortune
4. bribe (immoral earnings)

Derived terms

• moneye worth
• moneyeles
• moneyen
• moneyour
• monymaker

 

Descendants

• English: money (see there for further descendants)
• Middle Scots: money, moneth
  • Scots: money
• Yola: monie, monnie

References

• “monei(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.