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
Ancestry of “tould”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | told | simple past tense and past participle of tell |
| 2 | Middle English | tolde | — |
| 3 | Old English | tealde | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | talid- | — |