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coin

(Inglese)

Frequenza

B2
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/kɔɪn/
Etimologia (Inglese)

In summary

From Middle English coyn, from Old French coigne (“wedge, cornerstone, die for stamping”), from Latin cuneus (“wedge”). Doublet of coign and cuneus. See also quoin (“cornerstone”). Displaced Middle English mynt, from Old English mynet (whence modern English mint), which was derived from Latin monēta.

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