Dram

Morpheme

Dram

Type

free base

Denotation

handful, unit of weight, unit of currency

Etymology

(1) Middle English dragme, dramme; Old French dragme, drame; Late Latin dragma; Latin drachma; Ancient Greek drakhmē; (2) Armenian dram; Middle Persian drahm; Ancient Greek drakhmē

Evidence

dram, dramless, drammed, dramming, drams, dramseller, dramshop

Notes

dram, adrame, drachma, diram, dirham, and dirhem are doublets

Doublet

Adarme, Diram, Dirham, Dirhem

See Also

Adarme, Drachm, Diram, Dirham, Dirhem