11 Jul
2016
11 Jul
'16
5:20 p.m.
Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog(a)lemis.com> wrote:
On Thursday, 7 July 2016 at 16:18:41 +0200, Steffen
Nurpmeso wrote:
Not quite.
"Shilling" comes from Germanic schilling and Gothic skilliggs.
The name solidus for / comes from the Roman coin solidus, as in the Lsd
notation where / separates the solidi from the denarii.
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=shilling
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=solidus
Tony.
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> solidus 2. A sloping line used to separate shillings from pence, as 12/6,
> in writing fractions, and for other separations of figures and letters; a
> shilling-mark.
This was, of course, also the origin of the word "shilling". The OED
entry is interesting.