Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nummus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: num-mus
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a range of low-value copper coins issued by the Roman and Byzantine empires during Late Antiquity.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nummus. Doublet of luma.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: *nem-, nummus

Inflected Forms

nummi (plural)

Questions

What does nummus mean?: Any of a range of low-value copper coins issued by the Roman and Byzantine empires during Late Antiquity.
Where does nummus come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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