euro

euro · noun¹

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromΕὐρώπη
2. Latin · derived fromEuropa
3. English todayeuro

The name euro was the winner of a contest open to the general public to propose names for the new European currency, and as such is technically a neologism, although it obviously alludes to the common root of geographical names for the continent Europe, derived from Latin Europa, from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē), the name in Greek mythology of a princess, abducted by Zeus as a bull across the Bosporus. According to the official story, the term was coined by Belgian teacher and esperantist Germain Pirlot in 1995, who suggested it in a letter to Jacques Santer, then President of the European Commission.

euro · noun²

1. Adnyamathanha · borrowed fromyuru
2. English todayeuro

From Adnyamathanha yuru, thuru.

Euro · proper noun³

Named after the euro (macropod species).

Words from the same roots