Dollar

Morpheme

Dollar

Type

free base

Denotation

unit of currency

Etymology

Dutch daler, daalder; German Taler, from Thaler, from Joachimsthaler, from Joachim + -s + Thal + -er

Evidence

agridollar, antidollar, Asiadollar, dollar, dollaraire, dollarbird, dollarbuck, dollarbucks, dollardom, dollared, dollarette, dollarfish, dollarisation, dollarization, dollarize, dollarized, dollarizes, dollarizing, dollarless, dollarocracy, dollars, dollarship, dollarwise, dollarydoo, ecodollar, Eurodollar, megadollar, nondollar, petrodollar, superdollar, xenodollar

Notes

<r> does not double because the stress falls on the first syllable
dollar, taler/thaler, and tallero are doublets