Etymology

groschen

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Today it means: Any of several obsolete European silver coins. Full definition →

German Groschen ← Middle High German grosse ← Medieval Latin (denarius)
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The story

  1. Medieval Latin · derived from(denarius)
  2. Middle High German · derived fromgrosse
  3. German · borrowed fromGroschen
  4. English todaygroschen

From German Groschen, from Middle High German grosse, from Medieval Latin (denarius) grossus (“thick (penny)”).

Words from the same roots

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