The story
- French · borrowed fromsou
- English todaysou
Borrowed from French sou. Doublet of sol, sold, soldo, solid, solidus, and xu.
Words from the same roots
Frenchsou all →
xu
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
sou
Today it means: An old French copper coin equal to one twentieth of a livre or twelve deniers; one sou is to the livre as one shilling is to the pound. Full definition →
French sou