English
dinheiro
Dinheiro comes from Portuguese dinheiro ‘money’, from Latin dēnārius ‘small Roman silver coin’, and ultimately from dēnus ‘ten each’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēnus‘ten each’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēnārius‘small Roman silver coin’
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*dīnāriusreconstructedalteration of dēnārius
- Old Galician-Portuguesec. 1100–1500dĩeiro
- Portuguesec. 1500–presentdinheiro‘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‘small Roman silver coin’
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*dīnāriusreconstructedalteration of dēnārius
- Old Galician-Portuguesec. 1100–1500dĩeiro
- Portuguesec. 1500–presentdinheiro‘money’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ ‘ten’
ten, century, cent, hundred, decade, dick, sen, decimal, hectare, tenfold, deca, doyen, deni, 49 more
through Proto-Italic *dekəm ‘ten’
through Latin dēnārius ‘small Roman silver coin’
den, denier, dwt, dinero, 8 more
through Vulgar Latin *dīnārius
Today it means
noun A coin used from the 12th to the 15th century in Portugal.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin dēnus / dinheiro