Etymograph

English

Joachimsthaler

Joachimsthaler comes from German Joachimsthaler ‘Native or inhabitant of Joachimsthal’.

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentJoachimsthaler‘Native or inhabitant of Joachimsthal’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1964same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentJoachimsthaler‘Native or inhabitant of Joachimsthal’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1964same form

Earliest quotation: 1964, John M. Letiche, A History of Russian Economic Thought: “These provisions served especially the interests of the treasury,…”

Today it means

noun A large silver coin of the 16th century in the Lands of the Bohemian Crown, today Czech Republic.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / German Joachimsthaler / Joachimsthaler