Where does “toll” come from?
toll (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse tollr, from Middle Low German tol, from Old Saxon tolna, from Latin toloneum, from Latin teloneum, from Ancient Greek τελώνιον, from Ancient Greek τελώνης, from Ancient Greek ὠνέομαι — price.
toll (Norwegian Bokmål): duty; customs
Definitions
- duty; customs
Ancestry of “toll”, step by step
toll traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Norse tollr
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | tollr | — |
| 2 | Middle Low German | tol | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | tolna | — |
| 4 | Latin | toloneum | — |
| 5 | Latin | teloneum | toll booth; custom house |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τελώνιον | toll-house |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τελώνης | a farmer or collector or the tolls, customs or... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ὠνέομαι | to buy, purchase |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ὦνος | price |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wosno- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | wesno- | price |
via Late Latin teloneum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | teloneum | toll booth; custom house |