Where does “tollhouse” come from?
tollhouse (English) comes from English toll, from Middle English toll, from Old English toll, from Latin toloneum, from Latin teloneum, from Ancient Greek τελώνιον, from Ancient Greek τελώνης, from Ancient Greek ὠνέομαι — price.
tollhouse (English): A building where a toll is collected on a toll...
Definitions
- A building where a toll is collected on a toll...
Ancestry of “tollhouse”, step by step
tollhouse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English toll
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | toll | Loss or damage incurred through a disaster; A fee... |
| 2 | Middle English | toll | A toll, tax, or charge; The privilege to levy... |
| 3 | Old English | toll | tax, toll, fare |
| 4 | Latin | toloneum | — |
| 5 | Latin | teloneum | toll booth; custom house |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τελώνιον | toll-house |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τελώνης | a farmer or collector or the tolls, customs or... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ὠνέομαι | to buy, purchase |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ὦνος | price |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wosno- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | wesno- | price |
via English house
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | house | A structure built or serving as an abode of human... |
| 2 | Middle English | hus | Alternative form of hous; Alternative form of... |
| 3 | Middle English | hous | house, residence; house of worship, temple;... |
| 4 | Old English | hūs | dwelling, shelter, house; house |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | hūs | house |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hūsą | house |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kewH- | to cover, bedeck; cover |