Where does “dôl” come from?
dôl (Welsh) comes from English Doll, from English Dollar, from Dutch dollar, from English dollar, from Dutch daler, from German taler, from German Joachimsthaler, from German Sankt Joachimsthal — heel of the foot; heel.
dôl (Welsh): meadow; dale, valley; loop, ring
Definitions
- meadow; dale, valley; loop, ring
Ancestry of “dôl”, step by step
dôl traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English Doll
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Doll | OS grid ref NC8803 |
| 2 | English | Dollar | OS grid ref NS9698 |
| 3 | Dutch | dollar | dollar currency, especially the US dollar |
| 4 | English | dollar | Official designation for currency in some parts... |
| 5 | Dutch | daler | One who descends, one who goes down; Superseded... |
| 6 | German | taler | taler (former unit of currency) |
| 7 | German | Joachimsthaler | Native or inhabitant of Joachimsthal |
| 8 | German | Sankt Joachimsthal | St. Joachim's Valley |
| 9 | German | Sankt | Saint: title given to a saint |
| 10 | Latin | sānctus | sacred, made inviolable, having been established as sacred |
| 11 | Latin | Iacobus | Jacob; James; Saint James |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | Ἰάκωβος | — |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | Ἰακώβ | Jacob |
| 14 | Hebrew | יַעֲקֹב | Jacob |
| 15 | Hebrew | עָקֵב | heel of the foot; heel |
via English dole
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dole | To distribute in small amounts; to share out... |
| 2 | Middle English | dole | grief, sorrow |
| 3 | Old French | doel | pain; suffering; anguish |
| 4 | Latin | dolus | trickery, deception, deceit, guile; evil intent;... |
| 5 | Latin | dolor | pain, ache, hurt; anguish, grief, sorrow;... |
| 6 | Latin | -or | used to form a third-declension masculine... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ōs | Creates masculine action nouns or result nouns... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōs | Creates masculine and feminine action nouns or... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -oss | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |