Where does “tol” come from?

tol (Old Dutch) comes from Latin teloneum, 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.

Ancestry of “tol”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinteloneumtoll booth; custom house
2Ancient Greekτελώνιονtoll-house
3Ancient Greekτελώνηςa farmer or collector or the tolls, customs or...
4Ancient Greekὠνέομαιto buy, purchase
5Ancient Greekὦνοςprice
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwosno-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwesno-price

Words derived from “tol”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wesno- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wosno- →Every word from Ancient Greek ὦνος →