English
denar
Denar comes from Latin dēnārius ‘tenfold, denary’, and goes back to dēnus ‘ten each’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēnus‘ten each’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēnārius‘tenfold, denary’
- Macedonianmodernденарdenar
- Englishtodaydenar
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēnus‘ten each’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēnārius‘tenfold, denary’
- Macedonianmodernденарdenar
- Englishtodaydenar
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ ‘ten’
century, hundred, dick, ten, cent, decade, sen, decimal, hectare, tenfold, deca, doyen, deni, 49 more
through Proto-Italic *dekəm ‘ten’
through Latin dēnus ‘ten each’
through Latin dēnārius ‘tenfold, denary’
Today it means
noun The currency of North Macedonia, divided into 100 deni.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin dēnus / denar