Etymograph

English

sicca

Sicca comes from Classical Persian سکه ‘coin’, and goes back to Arabic سِكَّة.

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentسِكَّةsikka
  2. Classical Persianc. 900–presentسکهsikka‘coin’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1839sicca

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentسِكَّةsikka
  2. Classical Persianc. 900–presentسکهsikka‘coin’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1839sicca

Earliest quotation: 1839, Charles Ovans, Memorandum of Papers received from his Highness the Raja of : “Letter to Bajeerao Pundit, stamped with the sicca.”

Linked words

through Arabic سِكَّة

sequin, 2 more

Today it means

noun A great seal.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Arabic سِكَّة / sicca

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