Etymology of the English word dime
the English word
dimederived from the Old French word
dismederived from the Latin word
decimusderived from the Latin word
decem (ten)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dekm₀derived from the French word
dimederived from the Latin word
decima (tithe; tenth part)
derived from the Latin word
decimusderived from the Latin word
decem (ten)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dekm₀Date
The earliest known usage of dime in English dates from the 14th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
