Where does “teloneum” come from?

teloneum (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek τελώνιον, from Ancient Greek τελώνης, from Ancient Greek ὠνέομαι, from Ancient Greek ὦνος, from Proto-Indo-European wosno-, from Proto-Indo-European wesno- — price.

teloneum (Latin): toll booth; custom house

Definitions

  1. toll booth; custom house

Ancestry of “teloneum”, step by step

teloneum traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek τελώνιον

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekτελώνιονtoll-house
2Ancient Greekτελώνηςa farmer or collector or the tolls, customs or...
3Ancient Greekὠνέομαιto buy, purchase
4Ancient Greekὦνοςprice
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwosno-
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwesno-price

via Ancient Greek τελωνεῖον

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekτελωνεῖονcustom house
2Ancient Greek-εῖονForms nouns for instruments or means of action...

Words derived from “teloneum

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wesno-
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