Etymology

tala

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Today it means: The currency of Samoa, divided into 100 sene. Full definition →

Samoan tālā ← English dollar ← Dutch daler
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tala · noun1

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

Borrowed from Samoan tālā, in turn from English dollar.

tala · noun2

  1. Sanskrit · borrowed fromताल
  2. English todaytala

Borrowed from Sanskrit ताल (tālá).

Words from the same roots

Englishdollar all →

daladaladala

Sanskritताल all →

khartal

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.