Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗A coin worth one-tenth of a dollar, that is, ten cents. · A small amount of money. · An assist. · A playing card with the rank of ten.
From Middle English dime, from Anglo-Norman disme (“one tenth, tithe”) (modern French dîme), from Medieval Latin decima, from Latin decima (pars) (“tenth (part)”). Doublet of decim, decima, and decime.
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- Inherited-form mentiondimeenm
- Cognate mentiondîmefr
- Derivation mentiondecima (pars)la
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