Etymology

coiner

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Today it means: A person who makes coins (often counterfeit coins). Full definition →

Middle English coynour ← Middle French coigneur
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The story

  1. Middle French · derived fromcoigneur
  2. Middle English · inherited fromcoynour
  3. English todaycoiner

From Middle English coynour, from Middle French coigneur; equivalent to coin + -er (agent noun suffix). In the cryptocurrency sense, coin + -er (“supporter”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.