Where does “ackers” come from?
ackers (English) comes from Egyptian Arabic قرش, from Arabic قَرَشَ — to gnash, to grind.
ackers (English): money; plural of acker
Ancestry of “ackers”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Egyptian Arabic | قرش | shark; piaster |
| 2 | Arabic | قَرَشَ | to gnash, to grind |