nomisma

Meaning

1. Money or currency (modern).
2. Coinage, especially with connotation as a means to control a monetary system (rare).
3. Current coin of a state (ancient).
4. (rare) Coinage, a monetary system.
5. (historical) A byzant.
6. A stamp, an image on a coin.

Synonyms

coin

🪙

coinage

currency

hard cash

mintage

money

💸

paper currency

specie

stamping

neologizing

Translations

نقود

💸

xavalla

Geldstück

🪙

Hartgeld

Münze

💸

Münzen

Prägen

Münzprägung

κέρμα

νόμισμα

monnaie

moneta

🪙

coniatura

coniazione

geldstuk

🪙

Pronounced as (IPA)

/nə(ʊ)ˈmɪzmə/

Etymology

Cognate with French: numismatique

Cognate with Latin: nomisma

Cognate with Ancient Greek: νόμισμα

In summary

From Ancient Greek νόμισμα (nómisma).
Per Oxford Dictionary, the Online Etymology Dictionary, and Merriam Webster, money or currency, from Ancient Greek νόμισμα (nómisma), for current money, coin, usage, lit. "what has been sanctioned by custom or use," from νομίζω (nomízō, “to use customarily”), itself from νόμος (nómos), usage or custom, omitting -ίζειν) and adding -ισμα.
Related to French numismatique, from Late Latin numisma (“coin”), variant of Latin nomisma, as noted, from Ancient Greek νόμισμα (nómisma).