Etymology

dollarization

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Today it means: The process of a country, officially, or its residents, unofficially, adopting the US dollar or other foreign currency in parallel to or instead of the domestic currency. Full definition →

English dollarize ← Dutch daler ← Middle Low German dāler
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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. Englishdollarize
  11. English todaydollarization

From dollarize + -ation.

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