Etymology

stablecoin

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Today it means: A cryptocurrency with price stability by design, often pegged to a stable asset such as the US dollar. Full definition →

English coin ← Middle English coyn ← Old French coin
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sth₂éh₁yeti
  3. Proto-Italic*staējō
  4. Proto-Italic*staēō
  5. Proto-Italic*staðlis?
  6. Latinstabili
  7. Old Frenchestable
  8. Anglo-Normanstabe
  9. Middle Englishstable
  10. Englishstable
  11. Latincuneus
  12. Old Frenchcoin
  13. Middle Englishcoyn
  14. Englishcoin
  15. English todaystablecoin

From stable + coin. From being backed by real-world assets whose value is stable according to various conventional ways of measuring stability.

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