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Perhaps from French vingt (“twenty”), since a sovereign was worth 20 shillings.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Today it means: A sovereign (the coin). Full definition →
Today it means: A sovereign (the coin). Full definition →
Perhaps from French vingt (“twenty”), since a sovereign was worth 20 shillings.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.