told

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*taljaną“to count; tell”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*talid-
3. Old English · inherited fromtealde
4. Middle English · inherited fromtolde
5. English todaytold

From Middle English tolde, talde (first and third person singular preterite), from Old English tealde (first and third person singular preterite), from Proto-Germanic *talid-, preterite stem of Proto-Germanic *taljaną (“to count; tell”), equivalent to tell + -ed.

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