Etymology

dollarbird

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Today it means: Eurystomus orientalis, a bird of the roller family, with distinctive blue coin-shaped spots on its wings. Full definition →

English bird ← Middle English brid ← Old English bridd
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  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. Old Englishbridd
  11. Middle Englishbrid
  12. Englishbird
  13. English todaydollarbird

From dollar + bird. Named so because its white spots of wings resemble silver dollar coins.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.