Dinh

Morpheme

Dinh

Type

bound base

Denotation

unit of currency; literally ten each, tenth

Etymology

variant of <Dene>, from Portuguese dinheiro; Old Galician-Portuguese dĩeiro; Vulgar Latin *dīnārius; Latin dēnārius, from dēnus + -ārius, from decem +‎ -nus

Evidence

dinheiro, dinheiros

Notes

dinheiro, denarius, denar, denier, dinar, diner, and dinero are doublets

See Also

Dec(e) [Dece, Dec], Dene, Dine