Etymology

dollaraire

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Today it means: Somebody whose wealth equals or is greater than the mentioned amount of dollars. Full definition →

English millionaire ← French millionnaire ← Middle French million
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic*dalą
  2. Proto-West Germanic*dal
  3. Old High Germantal
  4. Middle High Germantal
  5. GermanTal
  6. GermanTaler
  7. Middle Low Germandāler
  8. Dutchdaler
  9. Englishdollar
  10. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*sm̥-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*smih₂
  13. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰes-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰéslom
  15. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰéslih₂
  16. Proto-Indo-European*smih₂ǵʰéslih₂
  17. Proto-Italic*smīɣeslī
  18. Latinmīlle
  19. Italianmille
  20. Italianmilione
  21. Old Frenchmillion
  22. Middle Frenchmillion
  23. Frenchmillion
  24. Frenchmillionnaire
  25. Englishmillionaire
  26. English todaydollaraire

From dollar + -aire.

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