Etymology

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Today it means: A gold coin formerly used in Italy and Turkey; a sequin. Full definition →

Italian zecchino
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  1. Italian · derived fromzecchino
  2. English todaychequeen

From Italian zecchino. Compare sequin.

Words from the same roots

Italianzecchino all →

sequinzecchinzecchino

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.