sou

English

noun
Definitions
  • An old French copper coin equal to one twentieth of a livre or twelve deniers; one sou is to the livre as one shilling is to the pound.
  • (dated) Cent; pocket money.
  • (dated) A thing of the smallest value; a whit; a jot.

Etymology

Borrowed from French sou root from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- (whole, completed, every, unhurt, safe and sound, integrate).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*solh₂-

Gloss

whole, completed, every, unhurt, safe and sound, integrate

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Property

Kanji

毎

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