Crockardとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English crocard, from Anglo-Norman crocard/Old French crokard, of uncertain origin.^[1] Possibilities include:

• that it is from croc (“hook”), from a Scandinavian language (compare Old Norse krókr (“hook”)) + -ard.^[2]
• that it is related to croquier (“break in pieces”).^[3]
• that it is a diminutive of Middle English crok (“a crock, a potsherd”).

名詞

crockard (複数形 crockards)

1. (historical, numismatics) A 13th-century coin minted in Europe as a debased counterfeit copy of the sterling silver penny of King Edward I, at first legally accepted as a halfpenny and then outlawed.

参考

• brabant, pollard, rosary, mitre, leonine, scalding, steeping, eagle

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