Etymology

dollarship

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Today it means: Monetary concerns; the power of money. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *skapjaną ← English dollar ← Dutch daler
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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. Proto-Germanic*skapjaną
  11. English todaydollarship

From dollar + -ship.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.