Etymology

forint

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Today it means: The basic unit of currency of Hungary; formerly subdivided into 100 fillér. Full definition →

Hungarian forint ← Italian fiorino
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  1. Italian · derived fromfiorino“florin, the former currency of Tuscany”
  2. Hungarian · derived fromforint
  3. English todayforint

From Hungarian forint, from Italian fiorino (“florin, the former currency of Tuscany”). Doublet of florin.

Words from the same roots

Italianfiorino all →

florinfiorino

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.