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Is koine where we got "coin" a word?
Koine is, as others have said, from Greek and means common or vulgar (in the old sense). It's pronounced coy-neigh. Coin is from French coing 'wedge' from Latin cuneus 'wedge' (whence English cuneiform).
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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