English
tolt
Tolt comes from Latin tolta, from tollō ‘to take away’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- ‘to bear, to undergo, to endure’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*telh₂-‘to bear, to undergo, to endure’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*tl̥néh₂ti‘to be lifting’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*tolnō‘to lift, carry’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtollōas tollere‘to take away’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtolta
- Englishearliest quotation 1956tolt
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*telh₂-‘to bear, to undergo, to endure’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*tl̥néh₂ti‘to be lifting’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*tolnō‘to lift, carry’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtollōas tollere‘to take away’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtolta
- Englishearliest quotation 1956tolt
Earliest quotation: 1956, Theodore Plucknett, A Concise History of the Common Law: “... for a plea pending in a seignorial court…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- ‘to bear, to undergo, to endure’
talent, atlas, tolerance, tolerate, tolerant, intolerable, tolerable, tellurium, toleration, 16 more
through Latin tollō ‘to take away’
Today it means
noun A writ by which a cause pending in a court baron was removed into a county court.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- / tolt