Etymology

agridollar

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Today it means: Money earned from agriculture. Full definition →

English dollar ← Dutch daler ← Middle Low German dāler
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵros
  3. Proto-Italic*agros
  4. Latinager
  5. Englishagri-
  6. Proto-Germanic*dalą
  7. Proto-West Germanic*dal
  8. Old High Germantal
  9. Middle High Germantal
  10. GermanTal
  11. GermanTaler
  12. Middle Low Germandāler
  13. Dutchdaler
  14. Englishdollar
  15. English todayagridollar

From agri- + dollar.

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