Etymology

rixdollar

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Today it means: An obsolete currency used in much of continental Europe, as well as some Dutch colonies (even after they had become British). Full definition →

Dutch rijksdaalder
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The story

  1. Dutch · derived fromrijksdaalder
  2. English todayrixdollar

From obsolete forms of Dutch rijksdaalder.

Words from the same roots

Dutchrijksdaalder all →

rijksdaalder

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.