Etymology

Toole

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Irish Ó Tuathail ← Proto-Celtic *Toutowalos
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  1. Proto-Celtic · derived from*Toutowalos
  2. Irish · borrowed fromÓ Tuathail
  3. English todayToole

From Irish Ó Tuathail (literally “descendant of Tuathal”), from Proto-Celtic *Toutowalos (literally “land chief”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.