numismatics

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromνόμισμα“current coin, custom”
2. Late Latin · derived fromnumisma
3. French · borrowed fromnumismatique
4. English todaynumismatics

From French numismatique, from Late Latin numisma, numismatis (“coin”), variant of Latin nomisma, from Ancient Greek νόμισμα (nómisma, “current coin, custom”), from νομίζω (nomízō, “to hold or own as a custom, usage, to use customarily, practise, to be used to”), from νόμος (nómos, “usage, custom”), from νέμω (némō, “to keep, hold, watch”).

Words from the same roots