Etymograph

English

dinero

Dinero comes from Spanish dinero ‘money’, from Latin dēnus ‘ten each’, and perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*déḱm̥1‘ten’uncertain
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*dekəm1‘ten’uncertain
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdec(em)1uncertain
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēnus1‘ten each’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēnārius1
  6. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*dīnārius1reconstructed
  7. Old Spanishc. 950–1500dinero1‘money’
  8. Spanishc. 1500–presentdinero1‘money’
  9. Englishtodaydinero1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English dinero

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*déḱm̥Wiktionary, English dinero‘ten’uncertain
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*dekəmWiktionary, English dinero‘ten’uncertain
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdec(em)Wiktionary, English dinerouncertain
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēnusWiktionary, English dinero‘ten each’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēnāriusWiktionary, English dinero
  6. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*dīnāriusWiktionary, English dineroreconstructed
  7. Old Spanishc. 950–1500dineroWiktionary, English dinero‘money’
  8. Spanishc. 1500–presentdineroWiktionary, English dinero‘money’
  9. EnglishtodaydineroWiktionary, English dinero

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ ‘ten’

ten, century, cent, hundred, decade, dick, sen, decimal, hectare, tenfold, deca, doyen, deni, 50 more

through Proto-Italic *dekəm ‘ten’

dean, dozen, 20 more

through Latin dēnārius

den, denier, dwt, 10 more

Today it means

noun A medieval Iberian coin.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “dinero”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ / dinero

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