Where does “tol'” come from?

tol' (English) comes from English told, from Middle English tolde, from Old English tealde, from Proto-Germanic talid-.

tol' (English): simple past tense and past participle of tell

Definitions

  1. simple past tense and past participle of tell

Ancestry of “tol'”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtoldsimple past tense and past participle of tell
2Middle Englishtolde—
3Old Englishtealde—
4Proto-Germanictalid-—
Every word from Proto-Germanic talid- →Every word from Old English tealde →Every word from Middle English tolde →