Etymology of the English word rupee
the English word
rupeederived from the Hindi word
rupaiyaderived from the Sanskrit word
rupyaderived from the Hindi word
rupayāderived from the Hindi word
rupayaderived from the Sanskrit word
rupyamusing the Sanskrit prefix
rupya-derived from the Sanskrit word
rupamderived from the Hindi word
rūpiyaderived from the Sanskrit word
rūpyaderived from the Sanskrit word
rūpaDate
The earliest known usage of rupee in English dates from the 17th century.
Derivations in other languages
Italian
rupiaUsage
Word found in Modern English
