Etymology

megapenny

me·ga·pen·ny
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Today it means: A million cents. ($10,000) Full definition →

English penny ← Middle English peny ← Old English peniġ
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*méǵh₂s
  2. Proto-Hellenic*mégas
  3. Ancient Greekμέγᾰς (mégăs)
  4. Englishmega-
  5. Ancient Greekπᾰτᾰ́νη (pătắnē)
  6. Latinpatina
  7. Latinpanna?
  8. Latinpannus?
  9. Proto-Germanic*panningaz
  10. Proto-West Germanic*panning
  11. Old Englishpeniġ
  12. Middle Englishpeny
  13. Englishpenny
  14. English todaymegapenny

From mega- + penny.

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