Where does “toll” come from?
toll (Norwegian Nynorsk) 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 Nynorsk): duty; customs
Definitions
- duty; customs
Ancestry of “toll”, step by step
| 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 |