coin

name

Etymology: Borrowed from French Coin. It could also be a variant of the surname Coyne from Irish.

1. A surname.
2. A surname.

noun

1. Abbreviation of counterinsurgency.

verb

Etymology: From Middle English coyn, from Old French coigne (“wedge, cornerstone, die for stamping”), from Latin cuneus (“wedge”). Doublet of coign and cuneus. See also quoin (“cornerstone”). Displaced Middle English mynt, from Old English mynet (whence modern English mint), which was derived from Latin monēta.

1. To make of a definite fineness, and convert into coins, as a mass of metal.

   “to coin silver dollars”

   “to coin a medal”

2. To make or fabricate (especially a word or phrase).

   “Over the last century the advance in science has led to many new words being coined.”

   “Not fearing outward force: So ſhall my Lungs / Coine words till their decay, againſt thoſe Meazels”

3. To acquire rapidly, as money; to make.

   “[...] Tenants cannot coin their Rent juſt at Quarter-day, but muſt gather it up by degrees, and lodge it with them till Pay-day, or borrow it of thoſe who have it lying by them, [...]”