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

Definitions

  1. money; plural of acker

Ancestry of “ackers”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Egyptian Arabicقرشshark; piaster
2Arabicقَرَشَto gnash, to grind
Every word from Arabic قَرَشَ →Every word from Egyptian Arabic قرش →