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nomisma

Pronunciation: /nə(ʊ)ˈmɪzmə/

The English word “nomisma” has 6 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Money or currency (modern).
  2. Coinage, especially with connotation as a means to control a monetary system (rare).
  3. Current coin of a state (ancient).
  4. Coinage, a monetary system.
  5. A byzant.
  6. A stamp, an image on a coin.

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek νόμισμα (nómisma), from νομίζω (nomízō, “to use customarily”) + -μα (-ma, “nominal suffix”), from νόμος (nómos, “custom”) + -ίζω (-ízō, denominative verb suffix), from νέμω (némō, “to distribute”) + -ος (-os). Related to French numismatique, Latin numismat- + -ique, variant of Latin nomisma, from Ancient Greek νόμισμα (nómisma).

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