dram

dram · noun, verb¹

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromδραχμή“unit of weight; a handful”
2. Latin · derived fromdrachma
3. Late Latin · derived fromdragma
4. Old French · derived fromdragme
5. Middle English · inherited fromdragme /dramme
6. English todaydram

Inherited from Middle English dragme /dramme, from Old French dragme, from Late Latin dragma, from Latin drachma, from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ, “unit of weight; a handful”). Doublet of drachma, diram, dirham, dirhem, and adarme.

dram · noun²

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromδραχμή“unit of weight, a handful”
2. Middle Persian · derived from𐭦𐭥𐭦𐭭
3. Armenian · borrowed fromդրամ
4. English todaydram

Borrowed from Armenian դրամ (dram), from Middle Persian 𐭦𐭥𐭦𐭭 (ZWZN /⁠drahm⁠/), from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ, “unit of weight, a handful”), from δράσσομαι (drássomai, “to hold, seize”).

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