promutuum

Forms

prōmūtuum n (genitive prōmūtuī); second declension^[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin prōmūtuus (“reckoned as a loan”), used as a noun in the neuter.^[1][2][3] The OLD derives the adjective from the phrase ⟨prō mūtuō⟩ “as a loan”, from prō and mūtuus (“borrowed, lent”).^[4]

Earliest recorded meaning

The form first appears as an adjective in Caesar's Civil War, where the tax of the following year was demanded from the tax farmers in advance.^[3][2]

Semantic evolution

As a noun, meaning money advanced or a loan paid beforehand, it is found in the jurist Scaevola, quoted in the Digest.^[2][3][5]

Timeline

• c. 50 BC – Caesar has it as an adjective, of a tax demanded in advance.^[3][2][5]
• 533 AD – The Digest quotes Scaevola using it for an advance of money.^[2][5]

Meanings

Noun

1. An advance of money, a loan.^[2][3][1]

References

1. ^ a b c d e Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e f Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
3. ^ a b c d e Georges, Karl Ernst (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th ed., ed. Heinrich Georges, Hannover; Leipzig: Hahn
4. ^ Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
5. ^ a b c Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de