Etymograph

English

euro

Euro comes from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΕὐρώπηEurṓpē
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEEuropa
  3. Englishtodayeuro

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΕὐρώπηEurṓpē
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEEuropa
  3. Englishtodayeuro

The story

The name euro was the winner of a contest open to the general public to propose names for the new European currency, and as such is technically a neologism, although it obviously alludes to the common root of geographical names for the continent Europe, derived from Latin Europa, from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē), the name in Greek mythology of a princess, abducted by Zeus as a bull across the Bosporus. According to the official story, the term was coined by Belgian teacher and esperantist Germain Pirlot in 1995, who suggested it in a letter to Jacques Santer, then President of the European Commission.

Every English word from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη

Another origin of euro

  1. Adnyamathanhamodernyuru
  2. Englishtodayeuro

Today it means

noun The currency unit of the European Monetary Union. Symbol: €

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Etymograph / Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη / euro

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