Etymology

migradollar

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Today it means: A dollar sent home by a foreign migrant worker, especially to Mexico. Full definition →

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

  1. Frenchmigrant
  2. Englishmigrant
  3. Proto-Germanic*dalą
  4. Proto-West Germanic*dal
  5. Old High Germantal
  6. Middle High Germantal
  7. GermanTal
  8. GermanTaler
  9. Middle Low Germandāler
  10. Dutchdaler
  11. Englishdollar
  12. English todaymigradollar

Blend of migrant + dollar.

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