Where does “tollbooth” come from?
tollbooth (English) comes from English toll booth, from Middle English tolboth, from Middle English toll, from Old English toll, from Latin toloneum, from Latin teloneum, from Ancient Greek τελώνιον, from Ancient Greek τελώνης — price.
tollbooth (English): The traditional municipal building of a Scottish...
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- The traditional municipal building of a Scottish...
Ancestry of “tollbooth”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | toll booth | A booth on a toll road or toll bridge where the... |
| 2 | Middle English | tolboth | A tollhouse or tollbooth; a facility that tolls... |
| 3 | Middle English | toll | A toll, tax, or charge; The privilege to levy... |
| 4 | Old English | toll | tax, toll, fare |
| 5 | Latin | toloneum | — |
| 6 | Latin | teloneum | toll booth; custom house |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τελώνιον | toll-house |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | τελώνης | a farmer or collector or the tolls, customs or... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ὠνέομαι | to buy, purchase |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | ὦνος | price |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | wosno- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | wesno- | price |