The story
- Arabic · derived fromسكّة“die for coining, coin”
- Italian · derived fromzecca“mint”
- Italian · borrowed fromzecchino
- English todayzecchin
From Italian zecchino, from Italian zecca (“mint”), from Arabic سكّة (sikka, “die for coining, coin”). Doublet of sequin.
Words from the same roots
Italianzecchino all →
sequinchequeenzecchino
Italianzecca all →
Zecca
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.