tool
Middle English
/toːl/
noun
Definitions
- A tool, implement, or instrument.
- A instrument of war; an armament.
- (rare) A device used for torturing or interrogration.
- (rare) A penis.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English tōl (that with which one prepares something, implement, instrument, tool) inherited from Proto-Germanic *tōlą (tool).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*tōlą
Gloss
tool
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- e-tool English
- metatool English
- microtool English
- mindtool English
- multitool English
- nanotool English
- retool English
- taw English
- tool English
- toolage English
- toolbag English
- toolbar English
- toolbelt English
- toolbox English
- toolcase English
- toolchain English
- tooled English
- tooler English
- toolholder English
- toolhouse English
- toolie English
- toolishness English
- toolkit English
- toolless English
- toolmaker English
- toolmaking English
- toolmark English
- toolpath English
- toolpost English
- toolpusher English
- toolroom English
- toolset English
- toolshed English
- toolsmith English
- toolsmithing English
- toolstock English
- toolstrip English
- tooltip English
- webtool English
- work-tool English
- worktool English
- Tool German
- *dewh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *tōlą Proto-Germanic
- pinungtol Old English
- tol Old English
- tōl Old English
- egge Middle English
- egge tool Middle English
- tole Middle English
- tolen Middle English
- tól Old Norse
- 툴 Korean