tomin
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.41 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A traditional Spanish unit of mass, equivalent to about 0.6 g.
noun
A former gold Spanish coin, notionally equivalent to a tomin in weight.
noun
A former silver colonial Spanish coin, notionally equivalent to a gold tomin in value.
Etymology
From Spanish tomín, from Andalusian Arabic ثُمْن (ṯúmn), from Arabic ثُمْن (ṯumn, “one-eighth”), from the root ن (n) م (m) ث (ṯ-m-n). Originally used in reference to it forming one-eighth of a castellano.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: tomín, ثُمْن