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It was borrowed in 1792 from French numismatiques, itself a derivation from Late Latin numismatis, genitive of numisma, a variant of nomisma meaning "coin".
John Gwyn Griffiths (1980) proposed a derivation from wser signifying "the powerful".
"Blue acid") because of its acidic nature in water and its derivation from Prussian blue.
Etymology In the early 20th century, it was generally believed the name came from the Latin movere, ("to move"), though a derivation from the French mot ("word", or "phrase"), had also been suggested.
Many names have a derivation from a foreign language but also fit or partially fit derivations from Proto-Indo-European through Greek.
Other etymological theories mentioned by Blackstone on the use of star include the derivation from steoran (steer) meaning "to govern", it was a court used to punish (crimen stellionatus) (cozenage) or the chamber was full of windows.