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cybercurrency en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek κυβερνάω (kubernáō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek κυβερνητικός (kubernētikós)bor. English cybernetic English cyber- Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European *-éti Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥séti Proto-Italic *korzō Latin currō Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin currēns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Medieval Latin currentiabor. English currency English cybercurrency From cyber- + currency.

Meanings

1. (countable, dated, rare, uncountable) Synonym of digital currency.
   • Remember electronic cash, digital dollars or cybercurrency? The conventional wisdom three years ago was that consumers would never use their credit card numbers on the Internet. So in order for electronic commerce to thrive, highly secure digital money schemes were needed. 1999, Network World, volume 16, number 15, page 47:
   • The emergence of cybercurrency as a future medium of exchange raises a number of new enforcement issues as well as questions of whether reporting requirements would need to be redesigned […] 2000, Delbert Rounds, International Criminal Justice: Issues in a Global Perspective, page 36:

Forms

Relateds

cybermoney · virtual currency · e-currency · cybercash · digital currency · digital wallet · cryptocurrency · e-wallet · e-cash · e-money · cyberwallet · e-payment

Synonyms

digital currency