numismatic

numismatic
numismatic (adj.) 1765, "pertaining to historical coins and coinage," from Fr. numismatique (late 16c.), from L. numismat-, stem of numisma "coin, currency," from Gk. nomisma "current coin, money, usage," lit. "what has been sanctioned by custom or usage," from nomizein "have in use, adopt a custom," from nomos "custom, law, usage," from PIE root *nem- "to divide, distribute, allot" (see NEMESIS (Cf. nemesis)). Related: Numismatical (1716). Earlier in the same sense was nummary (1650s), from L. nummarius, from nummus "a coin."

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