| From: | Anton Sherwood <bronto@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, December 18, 2001, 16:50 |
Christophe Grandsire wrote:> French "écu" comes from the Old French word for "shield": "escu".(Latin <scutum>)> Why it became used for coins I don't know, . . .Presumably they showed the royal coat-of-arms. It's not nearly as strange as <pistole> ! -- Anton Sherwood -- http://www.ogre.nu/
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