cuneus

1.Even the word coin, translates from the Latin "cuneus," meaning wedge, and was thusly named because early coins ressembled the wedges the dies used to coin coins.

甚至“coin”(硬币)一词，从拉丁文“cuneus”翻译过来，意思“楔子”。之所以称之为“楔子”，由于早期硬币与用来铸造硬币楔形模具很相似。

2.Gradually, these pictographs became more stylized and wedge-like or cuneiform (Latin for wedge = cuneus) and adapted to write the local language, or Sumerian.

渐渐地，这些象形文字变得更加规范化，变成了楔形文字，适合于书写当地语言，苏美尔语。