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    The word "cash" originally referred to a money box but later came to solely mean money. It derives from the Middle French word "caisse" meaning money box, which comes from the Old Italian and Latin words for box. While the root is unrelated, the colonial British word "cash" meant the Indian monetary system, deriving from Tamil, Sanskrit, and Sinhalese words for money. "To cash" as a verb means to convert something like a check into actual cash or money.

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    The word "cash" originally referred to a money box but later came to solely mean money. It derives from the Middle French word "caisse" meaning money box, which comes from the Old Italian and Latin words for box. While the root is unrelated, the colonial British word "cash" meant the Indian monetary system, deriving from Tamil, Sanskrit, and Sinhalese words for money. "To cash" as a verb means to convert something like a check into actual cash or money.

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    Caisse Cassa Capsa Kasu Karsha Kasi: Middle French Old Italian Latin Colonial British Tamil Sanskrit Sinhalese

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    The word "cash" originally referred to a money box but later came to solely mean money. It derives from the Middle French word "caisse" meaning money box, which comes from the Old Italian and Latin words for box. While the root is unrelated, the colonial British word "cash" meant the Indian monetary system, deriving from Tamil, Sanskrit, and Sinhalese words for money. "To cash" as a verb means to convert something like a check into actual cash or money.

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    The English word "cash" originally meant "money box", and later came to have a secondary meaning

    "money". This secondary usage became the sole meaning in the 18th century. The word "cash"
    derives from the Middle Frenchcaisse ("money box"), which derives from the Old Italian cassa, and
    ultimately from the Latin capsa ("box").[1][2] The root is not related to the colonial British word "cash",
    which meant "Indian monetary system", and derived from
    the Tamil kasu (கககக), Sanskrit karsha and Sinhalese kasi.[2]
    "To cash", the verbalization of the noun means "to convert to cash", as in the expression "to cash a
    cheque".

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