Etymology

dinero

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Today it means: A medieval Iberian coin. Full definition →

Spanish dinero ← Old Spanish dinero ← Vulgar Latin *dīnārius
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*déḱm̥
  2. Proto-Italic*dekəm
  3. Latindec(em)
  4. Latindēnus
  5. Latindēnārius
  6. Vulgar Latin*dīnārius
  7. Old Spanishdinero
  8. Spanishdinero
  9. English todaydinero

Borrowed from Spanish dinero (“money”). Doublet of denar, denarius, denier, dinar, diner, and dinheiro.

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