![]() As it has two base elements we have a compound word. The other root is also Old English: dæg and this has given us day. Monday came from two Old English roots one is mona : moon which has given us the present day English word. Some words are old and their roots even older. So it is for words.Words have roots – they come from different places and different times. You have parents and they had parents and those grandparents had parents and …you get the idea I’m sure.those people are our roots. Languages have a history- just like you do. Here’s our written reply to our 2nd grade inquirers: I don’t think it is.’Īpologies for any confusion while pointing to the PIE root( Proto Indo Erupean root) and calling it Proto-Germanic! ‘This sparked a further email: ‘I found out that money comes from Latin moneta or perhaps monere!! However, I’m not sure how that is related to ‘moon’ or ‘month’. While Jahnavi discovered that money came into English via French, I urged her to dig deeper. I think the reason why the Grade 2 kids thought of it that way was because of the “mon”. It’s after mythical gods and goddesses–Monday coming from Diana or Artemis!)Money comes from the old French monoie, which means coinage or metal currency. Like, I’m not sure about this, but many cultures (including mine) follow a lunar calendar.(I found some information about why Monday would be the “day of the moon”. I don’t think that money has any connection, because both Monday and month, they “technically” have a connection. They don’t quite have the same root here, but I think they are related to the moon.The Latin root ‘luna’ means moon, and that’s gets me thinking about Monday in other languages, like French, where monday is lundi, in Italian it’s lunedi and in Spanish is it lunes. I am doing more research on the relation with money, but that’s what I have found right now. I’ll reply with information on that! :)’ And Monday is literally “day of the moon” which has the root mona (moon). Month and Monday have a connection to the moon.Month has the proto- Germanic root menoth- (month). Here are three emails I received from my student over her break. Nevertheless, one student volunteered to tackle this inquiry. However, school was out for two days due to parent teacher conferences. We were thrilled they were asking us word questions. We were thrilled by the Grade 2’s inquiry. When we were talking about Monday and making the connection with the base word ‘mon ‘ with month and Monday to the moon, a student asked what about money? Are they connected? My students were recently studying the days of the week and the meaning behind each day. I have a question to ask one of your English classes. I am Ann Whiting and in Middle School on the Ampang campus and this is the research one of my students tackled to address your question and the question from the rest of the class as expressed by your teacher: Whiteley of one of the classes in the high school section in ISKL Ampang Campus in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia’s western island, Malaysia, Asia, Earth, the Solar System, The Milky Way, past black holes, The universe.Īn intriguing request. Is money related to ‘Moon’? If who is seeing this is not who I seek, send this post to Ms. Here is the question from Jeremy in Grade 2 at our school on the Melawati campus:
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