sou

French

noun
Definitions
  • (historical) sou old French coin
  • (by extension) money; cash
  • (Quebec, Louisiana) cent one hundredth of a dollar

Etymology

Inherited from Latin soldus (solid), solidus (gold coin, solid, a gold coin, golden coin, various coins, a Roman gold coin) root from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- (whole, completed, every, unhurt, safe and sound, integrate).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*solh₂-

Gloss

whole, completed, every, unhurt, safe and sound, integrate

Concept
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Ontological Category

Property

Kanji

毎

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