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> > Who was the first to use the term 'capital'?
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> > No googling.....:-)
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> > Ian
The word "capital" is Latin for a head of cattle. A single ox was a "pecus," which also has interesting etymological implications.
BTW, I have no idea which Latin speaker or writer first used the term "capital," but it has been around awhile. Barkley Rosser
======= Shoulda' been clearer :-(
I meant capital in it's 'modern' economic sense....
And the answer is.....Anne Robert Jacques Turgot
Ian