Where does “tolling agreement” come from?
tolling agreement (English) comes from English tolling, from Middle English tolling, from Middle English tollen, from Middle English toll, from Old English toll, from Latin toloneum, from Latin teloneum, from Ancient Greek τελώνιον — price.
tolling agreement (English): An agreement by a toller with an owner of raw materials to process the raw material for a specified fee ("toll") into a product with the raw material and the product remaining the property of the provider of the raw material. E.g. converting fuel into electricity at a certain price
Definitions
- An agreement by a toller with an owner of raw materials to process the raw material for a specified fee ("toll") into a product with the raw material and the product remaining the property of the provider of the raw material. E.g. converting fuel into electricity at a certain price
Ancestry of “tolling agreement”, step by step
tolling agreement traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tolling
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tolling | present participle of toll; The act by which a... |
| 2 | Middle English | tolling | convincing; attraction or captivation; tempting;... |
| 3 | Middle English | tollen | To bring, take with, send towards, or cause to... |
| 4 | Middle English | toll | A toll, tax, or charge; The privilege to levy... |
| 5 | Old English | toll | tax, toll, fare |
| 6 | Latin | toloneum | — |
| 7 | Latin | teloneum | toll booth; custom house |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | τελώνιον | toll-house |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | τελώνης | a farmer or collector or the tolls, customs or... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | ὠνέομαι | to buy, purchase |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | ὦνος | price |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | wosno- | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | wesno- | price |
via English agreement
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | agreement | An understanding between entities to follow a... |
| 2 | Middle English | agrement | An understanding, agreement, or state of mutual... |
| 3 | Old French | agrement | agreement; accord |
| 4 | Old French | agreer | to please; to be pleasing to |
| 5 | Old French | gré | pleasure, goodwill; will; step |
| 6 | Latin | grātum | — |
| 7 | Latin | grātus | pleasing, acceptable, agreeable, welcome |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | grātos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷr̥Htós | praised |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷerH- | to express approval; praise; to elevate |