Etymograph

English

half-dollar

From half- + dollar.

A compound of half- + dollar

Proto-Germanic *halbaz ‘half’

Proto-Germanic *halba-

English half-

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

Today it means

noun A coin worth one half of a dollar, typically 50 cents.

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

Etymograph / half-dollar