Where does “toll” come from?

toll (Welsh) comes from Middle Welsh toll, from Middle English toll, from Old English toll, from Latin toloneum, from Latin teloneum, from Ancient Greek τελώνιον, from Ancient Greek τελώνης, from Ancient Greek ὠνέομαι — price.

toll (Welsh): toll, duty, levy, excise

Definitions

toll, duty, levy, excise

Ancestry of “toll”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Middle Welsh	toll	—
2	Middle English	toll	A toll, tax, or charge; The privilege to levy...
3	Old English	toll	tax, toll, fare
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

Words derived from “toll”

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