English Explanatory Dictionary

shilingi

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A unit of currency in East Africa, currently only in use by Tanzania, and divided into 100 senti.

Word forms

shilingi

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH-der. Proto-Germanic *skiljaną Proto-Indo-European *-lósder. Proto-Germanic *-ilaz Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Germanic *-īnaz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz ? Proto-Germanic *-ingaz Proto-Germanic *-ilingaz Proto-Germanic *skillingaz Old English sċilling Middle English schilling English shillingbor. Swahili shilingibor. English shilingi Borrowed from Swahili shilingi, from English shilling.

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