Zoll
German edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle High German and Old High German zol, from Proto-Germanic *tullō (“what is counted or told”), from Proto-Indo-European *dol- (“calculation, fraud”). Alternatively from Medieval Latin toloneum, from Late Latin telōnēum.
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Zoll m (strong, genitive Zolles or Zolls, plural Zölle)
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Etymology 2 edit
From Middle High German zol (“plug, block, peg”), from Old High German zollo (“spinning top”); possibly as the length of a finger, perhaps from the sense "cut-off piece", in which case it could be related to Zahl (“number”) or Zelge (“tillable land”); documented since the 11th century, in its current sense "measure of length" since the 16th century.
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Zoll n (strong, genitive Zolls, plural Zoll)
- inch (unit of length equal to 2.54 centimeters)
- (historical) any of a number of historical German units of length generally ranging between about 2 and 3 centimeters
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Etymology edit
From Middle High German and Old High German zol, from Medieval Latin toloneum, from Late Latin teloneum (“custom house”).
Cognate with German Zoll, English toll, Dutch tol, Icelandic tollur, Swedish tull.
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Zoll m (plural Zoll)