English
Pokédollar
From Poké- + dollar, coined by fans to describe an alternative symbol for yen that first appears on the games Pokémon Red and Pokémon Blue, from 1996.
A compound of Pokémon + Poké- + dollar
Proto-Germanic *dalą ‘valley, dale’
Proto-West Germanic *dal ‘valley, dale’
Old High German tal ‘valley’
Middle High German tal
German Tal ‘valley’
German Taler ‘taler’
Middle Low German dāler
Dutch daler
English dollar
first attested From Poké- + dollar, coined by fans to describe an alternative symbol for yen that first appears on the games Pokémon Red and Pokémon Blue, from 1996 (as stated in the etymology)
The story
From Poké- + dollar, coined by fans to describe an alternative symbol for yen that first appears on the games Pokémon Red and Pokémon Blue, from 1996.
Today it means
noun A unit of currency that is usually described as having characteristics of the yen or dollar. Its symbol is .
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Pokédollar