Etymology

superdollar

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Today it means: A counterfeit United States $100 bill of very high quality. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Englishsuper-
  7. Proto-Germanic*dalą
  8. Proto-West Germanic*dal
  9. Old High Germantal
  10. Middle High Germantal
  11. GermanTal
  12. GermanTaler
  13. Middle Low Germandāler
  14. Dutchdaler
  15. Englishdollar
  16. English todaysuperdollar

From super- + dollar.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.