Where does “toil” come from?

toil (Irish) comes from Old Irish tol — will; desire.

toil (Irish): will

Definitions

will

Ancestry of “toil”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old Irish	tol	will; desire

Words derived from “toil”

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