Etymograph

English

ecodollar

Ecodollar comes from German Tal ‘valley’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *dalą.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*dalą1‘valley, dale’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*dal1‘valley, dale’reconstructed
  3. Old High Germanc. 750–1050tal1‘valley’
  4. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350tal1
  5. Germanc. 1650–presentTal1‘valley’
  6. Germanc. 1650–presentTaler1
  7. Middle Low Germanc. 1200–1600dāler1
  8. Dutchc. 1500–presentdaler1
  9. English1500–presentdollar1
  10. Englishtodayecodollar1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English ecodollar

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*daląWiktionary, English ecodollar‘valley, dale’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*dalWiktionary, English ecodollar‘valley, dale’reconstructed
  3. Old High Germanc. 750–1050talWiktionary, English ecodollar‘valley’
  4. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350talWiktionary, English ecodollar
  5. Germanc. 1650–presentTalWiktionary, English ecodollar‘valley’
  6. Germanc. 1650–presentTalerWiktionary, English ecodollar
  7. Middle Low Germanc. 1200–1600dālerWiktionary, English ecodollar
  8. Dutchc. 1500–presentdalerWiktionary, English ecodollar
  9. English1500–presentdollarWiktionary, English ecodollar
  10. EnglishtodayecodollarWiktionary, English ecodollar

A compound of eco- + dollar

Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- ‘to enter in, settle’

Proto-Indo-European *wóyḱos ‘settlement’

Proto-Hellenic *wóikos ‘a settlement’

Ancient Greek οἶκος ‘house, household’

English eco-

Proto-Germanic *dalą ‘valley’

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German Joachimsthaler ‘coin of (Sankt) Joachimsthal’

German Taler ‘thaler (coin)’

Middle Low German dāler

Dutch daalder ‘thaler’

English dollar

Linked words

through Proto-Germanic *dalą ‘valley, dale’

dell, dalles, 16 more

through Proto-West Germanic *dal ‘valley, dale’

dale, 16 more

through German Taler

thaler, 20 more

through English dollar

tala, dala, 15 more

Today it means

noun Money earned from ecotourism, often especially as considered among a national economy's principal revenue streams.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “ecodollar”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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