Etymology

ecodollar

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Today it means: Money earned from ecotourism, often especially as considered among a national economy's principal revenue streams. Full definition →

English dollar ← Dutch daler ← Middle Low German dāler
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*weyḱ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wóyḱos
  3. Proto-Hellenic*wóikos
  4. Ancient Greekϝοῖκος (woîkos)
  5. Ancient Greekοἶκος (oîkos)
  6. Latinoeco-
  7. Frenchéco-
  8. Englisheco-
  9. Proto-Germanic*dalą
  10. Proto-West Germanic*dal
  11. Old High Germantal
  12. Middle High Germantal
  13. GermanTal
  14. GermanTaler
  15. Middle Low Germandāler
  16. Dutchdaler
  17. Englishdollar
  18. English todayecodollar

From eco- + dollar.

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