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- Spanish · borrowed fromescudo
- Portuguese · borrowed fromescudo“shield”
- English todayescudo
From Portuguese escudo (“shield”) or Spanish escudo. Doublet of scutum, scute, écu, and scudo.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
escudo
Today it means: The state currency formerly used in Portugal and its colonies, divided into 100 centavos. The symbol $ is positioned between the escudos and centavos, i.e. 2$50. Full definition →
Portuguese escudo ← Spanish escudo