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Re: OT: the euro & 01.01.02 (was NATLANG/FONT:)

From:Anton Sherwood <bronto@...>
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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