Etymology

sequin

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Today it means: Any of various small gold coins minted in Italy and Turkey. Full definition →

French sequin ← Italian zecchino ← Arabic سِكَّة
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The story

  1. Arabic · derived fromسِكَّة“die for coining, coin”
  2. Italian · derived fromzecchino
  3. French · borrowed fromsequin
  4. English todaysequin

Borrowed from French sequin, from Italian zecchino, from zecca (“mint”), from Arabic سِكَّة (sikka, “die for coining, coin”). Doublet of zecchin.

Words from the same roots

Italianzecchino all →

chequeenzecchinzecchino

Arabicسِكَّة all →

sicca

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.