English word origin

Etymology of sene

From Old French sene.

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗

noun

Senna.

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From Old French sene.

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Derivation mentionsenefro

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Source etymology 2

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noun

A unit of currency equivalent to a hundredth of a Samoan tala.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Samoan sene, in turn from English cent.

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

Derivation mentionsenesm
Derivation mentioncenten

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