On 23 Nov 2001, at 19:13, R. A. Hettinga wrote:
Pecunia, the latin word for money, comes from the Etruscian pecu, meaning, cow.
Cheers, RAH
And of course the German word for money is Gelt, which means Gold. Cows might have served well as currency for primitives like the Etruscans, but can you imagine using them today? I took a bus this morning, the fair was 1.10 and I only had paper money so they ripped me off 90 cents. But if I was an Etruscan, they would've taken my whole cow! George
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