Morpheme
Dine
Type
bound base
Denotation
unit of currency; literally ten each, tenth
Etymology
variant of <Dene>; (1) Spanish dinero; Old Spanish dinero; Vulgar Latin *dīnārius and (2) Catalan diner; Vulgar Latin *dīnārius and (3) Arabic dīnār Serbo-Croatian dȉnār; all from Latin dēnārius, from dēnus + -ārius, from decem + -nus
Evidence
dinar, dinarization, dinars, diner, dinero, diners
Notes
dinar, diner, dinero, denarius, denar, denier, and dinheiro are doublets
See Also
Dec(e) [Dece, Dec], Deca, Deka, Dece, Decim, Dek, Dicker, Dick, Dene, Dinh, Dime, Ten, Teen, -ty
