drachme
See also: Drachme
English
Etymology
Noun
drachme (plural drachmes)
- Dated form of drachma.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for drachme in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
French
Etymology
Old French dragme < Late Latin dragma, etymologically reconstructed to match Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ, “unit of weight, a handful”), from δράσσομαι (drássomai, “I hold, seize”).
Further reading
- “drachme” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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