Where does “coin” come from?

coin (French) comes from Old French coin, from Latin cuneus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ḱū, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ- — sharp.

coin (French): wedge, cornerpiece; corner; area, part, place,...

Definitions

  1. wedge, cornerpiece; corner; area, part, place,...

Ancestry of “coin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcoin—
2Latincuneuswedge, wedge shape; troops arrayed in a wedge...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ḱūsting
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eḱ-sharp

Words derived from “coin”

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