Etymology

nondollar

N1O1N1D2O1L1L1A1R1

Today it means: Not of, pertaining to, or measured in dollars (especially American dollars). Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Germanic*dalą
  15. Proto-West Germanic*dal
  16. Old High Germantal
  17. Middle High Germantal
  18. GermanTal
  19. GermanTaler
  20. Middle Low Germandāler
  21. Dutchdaler
  22. Englishdollar
  23. English todaynondollar

From non- + dollar.

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