Etymology

drachme

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French drachme ← Ancient Greek δραχμή
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromδραχμή
  2. French · borrowed fromdrachme
  3. English todaydrachme

Borrowed from French drachme or directly from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekδραχμή all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.