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Etymology of the French word numismatique

the French word numismatique
derived from the Late Latin word numisma (coin, piece of money; coinage)
derived from the Latin word nomisma (coin, piece of money; coinage)
derived from the Greek word nomisma, νόμισμα (what is reckoned as of value (after the Latin numisma); current coin)
derived from the Greek word nomizein, νομίζω (properly, to do by law (usage); to accustom (passively, be usual); by extension, to deem or regard)
derived from the Greek word nomos, νόμος (law; name; law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), genitive case (regulation), specially, (of Moses (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively (a principle))
derived from the Greek word nemein, νέμω
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *nem-

Date

The earliest known usage of numismatique in French dates from the 16th century.

Derivations in French

numismate

Derivations in other languages

English numismatic, Romanian numismatic

Cognates

Dutch numismatiek, English numismatics, German Numismatik, Norwegian numismatikk, Swedish numismatik



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