Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAn 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. · Cent; pocket money. · A thing of the smallest value; a whit; a jot.
Borrowed from French sou. Doublet of sol, sold, soldo, solid, solidus, and xu.
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