coin English · revision 6936

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1304|origins=la cuneus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈkoɪ̯n/, /ˈkɔɪ̯n/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is Middle English coyne, [[bor|fro|coin|t=wedge, corner; stamping-die]] (also coing),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from [[la|cuneus|t=wedge]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) of unknown origin.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A wedge: 1304 in Barnhart, about 1300 in Etymonline;^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) a cornerstone, 1350.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The die used for stamping metal was wedge-shaped and was itself called a coin; the name passed in Old French to the piece of money it stamped,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) and English coin means a piece of money from about 1380, in Chaucer.^(Barnhart 1988) Coined money collectively is from the late 14th century.^(Etymonline) The architectural senses, a corner or wedge, split off in the 16th century as [[quoin]].^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998) The verb, to mint money, is from about 1338,^(Barnhart 1988) and to invent a word or phrase from 1589.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) ''Coin-operated'' is from 1890.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1304 – a wedge.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * c. 1338 – to mint (verb).^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1350 – a cornerstone.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1380 – a piece of money.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1589 – to invent a word.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1890 – coin-operated.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A flat, usually round piece of [[metal]] issued as money.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Metal money as a whole.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(informal)'' Money.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To make coins by stamping metal; to [[mint]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To invent a new word or phrase.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[coinable]]

+ * [[coiner]]

+ * [[coin-operated]]

+ * [[coinage]]

+ * [[uncoined]]

+ * [[recoin]]

+ * [[standard coin]]

+ * [[coin of the realm]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[quoin]]

+ * [[coign]]

+ * [[cuneiform]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}