florin

 
Pronunciation: /ˈflɒrɪn/

noun

  • 1a former British coin and monetary unit worth two shillings.
  • an English gold coin of the 14th c., worth six shillings and eight old pence.
  • 2a foreign coin of gold or silver, especially a Dutch guilder.
  • 3the basic monetary unit of Aruba, equal to 100 cents.

Origin:

via Old French from Italian fiorino, diminutive of fiore 'flower', from Latin flos, flor-. The word originally denoted a gold coin issued in Florence, bearing a fleur-de-lis (the city's emblem) on the reverse