different between amerindian vs currency

Romanian

From French amérindien

amerindian m (plural amerindieni)

Borrowed from Medieval Latin currentia, from Latin curr?ns, from curr?.

currency (countable and uncountable, plural currencies)

Money or other items used to facilitate transactions.
(more specifically) Paper money.
- 1943, William Saroyan, The Human Comedy, chapter 3,
  Spangler went through his pockets, coming out with a handful of small coins, one piece of currency and a hard-boiled egg.
The state of being current; general acceptance or recognition.
(obsolete) Current value; general estimation; the rate at which anything is generally valued.
- 1623, Francis Bacon, A Discourse of a War with Spain
  He […] takes greatness of kingdoms according to their bulk and currency, and not after intrinsic value.
(obsolete) fluency; readiness of utterance

(economics): fiat currency, closed currency, hard currency, metacurrency, cryptocurrency

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