DictionaryRoot: cuneus
Latin
cuneus
wedge
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noun
coinage
KOY-nij/ˈkɔɪnɪdʒ/
The making of new coins.
Etymology
A wedge-shaped stamp gave coin its monetary meaning, and coinage named the money produced or its production. As coining broadened to making or inventing something, coinage also came to mean creating a new word.