来自拉丁语moneta,硬币,铸币,铸币处,来自古罗马时期铸造钱币的地方Juno Moneta之庙。Juno为古罗马神话天后,天父Jupiter之妻,她在古罗马神话中为劝诫神,教导神,妇女保护神,同时也为钱财守护神,所以人们选择在她的庙宇里铸造钱币,Moneta为她的称号之一,字面意思为劝告,劝勉,警告,词源同admonish,monitor.比较dollar.
It had been justly stated by a British writer that the power to make a small piece of paper, not worth one cent, by the inscribing of a few names, to be worth a thousand dollars, was a power too high to be entrusted to the hands of mortal man. [John C. Calhoun, speech, U.S. Senate, Dec. 29, 1841]To make money "earn pay" is first attested mid-15c. Highwayman's threat your money or your life first attested 1841. Phrase in the money (1902) originally meant "one who finishes among the prize-winners" (in a horse race, etc.). The challenge to put (one's) money where (one's) mouth is is first recorded 1942, American English. money-grub "one who is sordidly intent on amassing money" is from 1768. The image of money burning a hole in someone's pocket is attested from 1520s.
I am not interested in money but in the things of which money is the symbol. [Henry Ford]
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