'Dollar' is a word borrowed from Dutch 'daler'. The word entered the English language some time around 1553.
dollar [noun] [1553]
- taler
- any of numerous coins patterned after the taler (as a Spanish peso)
- any of various basic monetary units (as in the United States and Canada)
- a coin, note, or token representing one dollar
See 'dollar' on the Loan Words Map
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Etymology: Dutch or Low German 'daler' from German 'Taler' short for 'Joachimstaler' from Sankt 'Joachimsthal' Bohemia, where talers were first made
See more loan words from 1500s.
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