Where does “dime” come from?
Dime comes from Middle English dime, from Anglo-Norman disme, from Latin decimus meaning tenth, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥ meaning ten.
dime (English): A coin worth one-tenth of a U.S. dollar; A coin...
Definitions
- A coin worth one-tenth of a U.S. dollar; A coin...
Ancestry of “dime”, step by step
dime traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English dime
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | dime | — |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | disme | one tenth, tithe; tenth |
| 3 | Latin | decimus | tenth; the ordinal number after "nonus" and... |
| 4 | Latin | decem | ten; 10 |
| 5 | Latin | -nus | -an |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -nos | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -nós | Creates verbal adjectives from roots |
via Latin Decimus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | Decimus | originally used for a tenth-born son |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | *dekəmos | tenth |
via Translingual dim
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Translingual | dim | — |