Where does “dinar” come from?
Dinar comes from Arabic dīnār, a monetary unit whose ultimate origin is uncertain.
dinar (English): The official currency of several countries,...
Definitions
- The official currency of several countries,...
Ancestry of “dinar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | динар | dinar; a small amount of money in general; coins... |
| 2 | Arabic | دينار | dinar |
| 3 | Aramaic | דֵּינָרָא | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | δηνάριον | a denarius |
| 5 | Latin | dēnārius | containing or consisting of ten things |
| 6 | Latin | dēnī | — |
| 7 | Latin | decem | ten; 10 |
| 8 | Latin | -nus | -an |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -nos | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -nós | Creates verbal adjectives from roots |