Where does “piastre” come from?

piastre (English) comes from French piastre, from Italian piastra, from Italian impiastrare, from Latin emplastrare.

piastre (English): A Spanish or Spanish-American coin and unit of...

Definitions

  1. A Spanish or Spanish-American coin and unit of...

Ancestry of “piastre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpiastrepiastre; buck, dollar
2Italianpiastrasheet, plate; slab; hotplate
3Italianimpiastrareto plaster, dirty or smear
4Latinemplastrare—
Every word from Latin emplastrare →Every word from Italian impiastrare →Every word from Italian piastra →