escudo

Mane (Îngilîzî)

1. (masculine) shield
2. (masculine) shield
3. (historical,masculine) escudo (obsolete Portuguese currency)

Binavkirî wek

es‧cu‧do

Zayendî

♂️ Nêr

Wekî (IPA) tê gotin

/isˈku.du/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

From Old Galician-Portuguese escudo (“shield”), from Latin scūtum (“shield”), from Proto-Indo-European *skei- (“to cut, split”), which is an extension of *sek- (“to cut”). The name of the currency comes from the heraldic shields on the coins.