Where does “coniatura” come from?
coniatura (Italian) comes from Italian coniare, from Italian conio, from Latin cuneus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ḱū, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ- — sharp.
coniatura (Italian): coinage, mintage
Ancestry of “coniatura”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | coniare | to mint; to strike; to coin |
| 2 | Italian | conio | coining; die or stamp; first-person singular... |
| 3 | Latin | cuneus | wedge, wedge shape; troops arrayed in a wedge... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ḱū | sting |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱ- | sharp |