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Where does “simoleon” come from?

simoleon (English) comes from English Napoleon, from French napoléon, from Italian Napoleone.

simoleon (English): A dollar

Definitions

  1. A dollar

Ancestry of “simoleon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNapoleonAlternative form of napoleon; French gold coin...
2Frenchnapoléona coin that originally had the appearance of...
3ItalianNapoleone—
Every word from Italian Napoleone →