Where does “tollwaylike” come from?
tollwaylike (English) comes from English tollway, 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 — price.
tollwaylike (English): Resembling or characteristic of a tollway
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of a tollway
Ancestry of “tollwaylike”, step by step
tollwaylike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tollway
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tollway | A toll road or toll highway, where a fee is... |
| 2 | English | toll | Loss or damage incurred through a disaster; A fee... |
| 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 |
via English like
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | like | To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of;... |
| 2 | Dutch | luik | hatch; shutter; panel, as in a triptych |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | luke | — |
| 4 | Dutch | luiken | to close, to shut |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | luken | to close, to shut; to close, to become closed |
| 6 | Old Dutch | lūcan | to close, shut |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | lūkan | to close, to shut |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | lūkaną | to close, to shut; Alternative form of *leukaną |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | lewǵ- | to break, tear; to break, shatter |