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Translingual
Etymology
From the first letter of Latin lībra (“pound”). The symbol is derived from the mediaeval tradition of placing a stroke over a letter or letters of a word (in this case L) to indicate an abbreviation; when letters have ascenders like L, the stroke frequently passes through that ascender. £ is thus cognate with the pound sign #, which was similarly derived from lb with a stroke through the ascenders.
Symbol
£
- pound sterling
- various other currencies called pound or lira.
- 2007, Dave Lee (jazz musician), Nothing Rhymes with Silver 2, page 78:
- Flanders was able to flog his piece of land, for which he had originally paid £4,000, to one of the largest gold-mining corporations for something like a couple of million smackers.
Derived terms
The practice of placing a stroke through the initial of the name for a currency as a symbol for that currency has been extended to other currency symbols, including several shown below.
See also
Currency signs
- ؋ – afghani
- ฿ – baht
- ₿ – bitcoin
- ¢ – cent
- ₡ – colón
- ₵ – cedi
– cifrão- $ – dollar sign
- ₫ – dong
- ֏ – dram
- € – euro
- ƒ – florin/guilder/gulden
- ₲ – guarani
- ₴ – hryvnia
- ₭ – kip
- ₾ – lari
- ₺ – Turkish lira
- ₼ – manat
- ₥ – mill
- ₦ – naira
- ₱ – Philippine peso
- £ or ₤ – pound/lira
- ﷼ – rial/riyal
- ៛ – riel
- ރ – rufiyaa
- ₽ – ruble
- ₨ – rupee
- ₹ – Indian rupee
- ૱ – rupee (in Gujarat)
- ௹ – rupee (in Tamil)
- 𞱱 – rupee (in Urdu)
- ₪ – new shekel
- ⃀ – som
- ৲ or ৳ – taka
- ₸ – tenge
- ₮ – tugrik, tether
- ₩ – won
- ¥ – yen/yuan
Formerly used currency signs
Latin
Etymology
A cursive sigma 𐆒 for semis with a cross-bar
Symbol
£
- Alternative form of 𐆘