Where does “tould” come from?

Tould is not a standard English word with an established etymology; the headword does not appear in the chain provided (which traces told). If you meant **told**: Told comes from Middle English tolde, from Old English tealde, from Proto-Germanic talid-, originally meaning to count or reckon before developing the sense of narrating or relating information.

tould (English): Archaic spelling of told

Definitions

  1. Archaic spelling of told

Ancestry of “tould”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtoldsimple past tense and past participle of tell
2Middle Englishtolde
3Old Englishtealde
4Proto-Germanictalid-
Every word from Proto-Germanic talid-Every word from Old English tealdeEvery word from Middle English tolde