Etymology

thoil

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Today it means: To be able to justify the expense of. Full definition →

Middle English tholen ← Old English þolian
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromþolian“to bear; endure”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromtholen
  3. English todaythoil

Variant of thole, from Middle English tholen, tholien, from Old English þolian (“to bear; endure”). Cognate with Scots thoil. More at thole.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishþolian all →

thole

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