sous

[soo] Origin

sou

[soo]
noun
1.
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
2.
sol2.

Origin:
1810–20; < French; Old French sol sol2
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Sous is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
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Word Origin & History

sou
"small Fr. coin," 1556, back-formation from sous, pl. of O.Fr. soul, formerly a coin worth one-twentieth of a livre, from L. solidus (see solidus).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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