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Where does “toles” come from?

toles (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic tonslis, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

toles (Latin): tonsillitis; goitre

Definitions

  1. tonsillitis; goitre

Ancestry of “toles”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italictonslis—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend

Words derived from “toles”

  • tolo
  • tolos
  • tolice
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