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grosion

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
gro-sion
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

piastre; A unit of currency in Crete before it became part of modern Greece.

Etymology

Back formation of a false singular from Greek γρόσια, when real singular is γρόσι, which in turn is derived from قروش kuruş from French gros meaning heavy

Inflected Forms

grosia (plural)

Questions

What does grosion mean?
piastre; A unit of currency in Crete before it became part of modern Greece.
Where does grosion come from?
Back formation of a false singular from Greek γρόσια, when real singular is γρόσι, which in turn is derived from قروش kuruş from French gros meaning heavy

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