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Was dime invented as a coin name in 1786?

The coin sense is reported from 1786, but the word itself already existed in Middle English and Anglo-French for a tenth part or tithe.

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dime

/daɪm/ · noun

The United States ten-cent coin, named with an older English and French word for a tenth part or tithe.

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CONFIDENCE
established
STATUS
resolved
LEGACY SOURCE SUMMARY
Merriam-Webster separates the older etymological word from the first-known-use date of the coin sense.
RESOLUTION NOTE

The dossier preserves both the medieval word and the later United States specialization.

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