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Where does “динар” come from?

динар (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Arabic دينار, from Aramaic דֵּינָרָא, from Ancient Greek δηνάριον, from Latin dēnārius, from Latin dēnī, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

динар (Serbo-Croatian): dinar; a small amount of money in general; coins...

Definitions

  1. dinar; a small amount of money in general; coins...

Ancestry of “динар”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicدينارdinar
2Aramaicדֵּינָרָא—
3Ancient Greekδηνάριονa denarius
4Latindēnārius—
5Latindēnī—
6Latindecemten; 10
7Latin-nus-an
8Proto-Italic-nos—
9Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
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