English
dinero
Dinero comes from Spanish dinero ‘money’, and goes back to Latin dēnus ‘ten each’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēnus‘ten each’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēnārius
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*dīnāriusreconstructed
- Old Spanishc. 950–1500dinero‘money’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentsame form‘money’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēnus‘ten each’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēnārius
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*dīnāriusreconstructed
- Old Spanishc. 950–1500dinero‘money’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentsame form‘money’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ ‘ten’
ten, century, cent, hundred, decade, dick, sen, decimal, hectare, tenfold, deca, doyen, deni, 51 more
through Proto-Italic *dekəm ‘ten’
through Latin dēnārius
Today it means
noun A medieval Iberian coin.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin dēnus / dinero