numismatics

English

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Etymology

From French numismatique, from Late Latin numisma, numismatis (“coin”), variant of Latin nomisma, from Ancient Greek νόμισμα (nomisma, “current coin, custom”), from νομίζω (nomizō, “I hold or own as a custom, usage, I use customarily, practise, I am used to”), from νόμος (nomos, “usage, custom”), from νέμω (nemō, “I keep, hold, watch”).

Pronunciation

nmz-mtk, -ms-, ny-

Noun

Wikipedia numismatics (uncountable)

1. The study of coins (or of medals)
2. The collecting of coins (or of medals)

Derived terms

• numismatic

Related terms

• numismatist
• exonumia

Translations

study of coins

Catalan: numismàtica (ca) f. Czech: numismatika (cs) f., numizmatika (cs) f. Dutch: muntkunde (nl), numismatiek (nl) Finnish: numismatiikka (fi), rahatiede (fi) French: numismatique (fr) f. Greek: νομισματολογία (el) (nomismatología) f.

Icelandic: myntfræði (is) f. Italian: numismatica (it) f. Russian: нумизматика (ru) (numizmátika) f. Serbian: нумизматика (sr) (numizmatika) f. Volapük: könädav (vo)