Etymology of the English word dollar
the English word
dollarderived from the Low German word
dalerderived from the German word
TalerDate
The earliest known usage of dollar in English dates from the 16th century.
Derivations in English
asiadollar,
dollarbird,
dollarspot,
dollarwise,
eurodollar,
flexdollarsDerivations in other languages
Samoan
talaCognates
French
dollar, German
Dollar, Italian
dollaro, Lithuanian
doleris, Polish
dolar, Russian
доллар, Spanish
dólarUsage
Word found in Modern English
