groat

Meaning

Hulled grain, chiefly hulled oats.

Synonyms

fourpence

groats

Translations

gruau

groat

Groschen

Grobgrieß

Graupe

πλιγούρι

παλαιό αγγλικό νόμισμα

centesimo

semolino

gort

groot

grutten

sêmea

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡɹoʊt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: grot

Inherited from Old English: grot

Cognate with Old French: gros Tournois

Cognate with German: Groschen

In summary

From Middle English grot, from Old English grot, from Proto-West Germanic *grot, from Proto-Germanic *grutą, related to *greutą. More at grit, grout.