Where does “coins” come from?

coins (Middle English) comes from Old French cooing, from Late Latin cotoneum, from Latin malum cotoneum, from Latin malum Cydonium — Cydonian apple.

Ancestry of “coins”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcooingquince
2Late Latincotoneuma quince
3Latinmalum cotoneumAlternative form of mālum cotōnium; quince tree
4Latinmalum CydoniumCydonian apple

Words derived from “coins”

Every word from Latin malum Cydonium →Every word from Latin malum cotoneum →Every word from Late Latin cotoneum →