Etymology

altcoin

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Today it means: A cryptocurrency other than bitcoin. Full definition →

English coin ← Middle English coyn ← Old French coin
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élyos
  3. Proto-Italic*aljos
  4. Proto-Italic*aliteros
  5. Latinalter
  6. Latinalternus
  7. Latinalternō
  8. Latinalternātus
  9. Latinalternātīvus
  10. Middle Frenchalternatif
  11. Englishalternativebf.
  12. Englishalt-
  13. Latincuneus
  14. Old Frenchcoin
  15. Middle Englishcoyn
  16. Englishcoin
  17. English todayaltcoin

From alt- + coin.

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