A small Polish silver coin or monetary unit, historically worth 1/30th of a zloty.
From Polish 'grosz', derived from Middle High German 'Groschen', which comes from Italian 'grosso' (large coin), spreading across medieval European trade routes.
The Polish grosz traces back through medieval trade to that same Italian coin—'grosso' became 'groschen' in Germany, 'grosz' in Poland, and 'groat' in English, all cousins in coin history!
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