Etymology

tollgate

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Today it means: A barrier across a toll road or toll bridge that is lifted when the toll is paid Full definition →

English gate ← Middle English gate ← Old English ġeat
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tollgate · noun, verb1

  1. Proto-West Germanic*toll
  2. Proto-Germanic*tullazder.?
  3. Proto-West Germanic*tolnu
  4. Old Englishtoll
  5. Proto-West Germanic*tolnu
  6. Old Englishtoln
  7. Middle Englishtoll
  8. Englishtoll
  9. Proto-Indo-European*gʰe(n)d-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*gʰed-eti
  11. Proto-Germanic*getaną
  12. Proto-Germanic*gatą
  13. Proto-West Germanic*gat
  14. Old Englishġeat
  15. Middle Englishgate
  16. Englishgate
  17. English todaytollgate

From toll + gate.

Tollgate · proper noun2

Named after the tollgate of Kennon Road which is located in the area.

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