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- Italian · borrowed frombaiocco
- English todaybajocco
From an archaic spelling of Italian baiocco, from baio (“brown”), after its color.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
bajocco
Today it means: A coin, originally copper, later silver, issued by the Papal States from the 15th century to 1865. In the 19th century the value was five hundredths of a lira. Full definition →
Italian baiocco