Where does “toll” come from?
toll (Old English) comes from Latin toloneum, 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.
toll (Old English): tax, toll, fare
Ancestry of “toll”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | toloneum | — |
| 2 | Latin | teloneum | toll booth; custom house |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | τελώνιον | toll-house |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τελώνης | a farmer or collector or the tolls, customs or... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ὠνέομαι | to buy, purchase |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ὦνος | price |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wosno- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wesno- | price |
Words derived from “toll”