piastre
English
noun
Definitions
- (now) A Spanish or Spanish-American coin and unit of currency, originally worth eight real.
- (historical) A form of currency formerly used in the French-speaking parts of Canada.
- (historical) A form of currency formerly used in French Indochina.
- A form of currency originally used in the Ottoman Empire, and now used as a subunit in the Middle Eastern countries of Egypt, Lebanon, Sudan, Syria, Jordan, Libya, South Sudan, Turkey and Cyprus
Etymology
Borrowed from French piastre derived from Italian piastra (plate of wood metal, coin) derived from Latin emplastra.
Origin
Latin
emplastra