Where does “tools” come from?

Tools comes from Middle English tool, Old English tyllan, and Proto-Indo-European roots including dewh₂-, del-, and dol-, though the precise original meaning remains uncertain.

tools (English): plural of tool; Third-person singular simple...

Definitions

  1. plural of tool; Third-person singular simple...

Ancestry of “tools”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtoolA mechanical device intended to make a task...
2Middle EnglishtoolA tool, implement, or instrument; A instrument of...
3Old Englishtōltool, implement, instrument
4Proto-Germanictōlątool
5Proto-Indo-Europeandewh₂-to fit

Words derived from “tools

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dewh₂-Every word from Proto-Germanic tōląEvery word from Old English tōl