Etymology

easterling

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Today it means: A native of the East; an Easterner. Full definition →

Dutch oosterling
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The story

  1. Dutch · derived fromoosterling
  2. English todayEasterling

Possibly modeled on Dutch oosterling. Compare sterling.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.