tollo

Pronunciation: [ˈtɔl.loː]

“tollo” is a Latin word. Its 8 meanings in English:

verb

to raise, lift up, elevate
to remove, take away, steal, rob
to destroy, eliminate, annul
to kill
to cancel, delay, set aside, do away with, abrogate
to consume, spend, pass
to erect, build, construct
to spread, disseminate

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Italic *tolnō, from Proto-Indo-European *tl̥néh₂ti ~ *tl̥nh₂énti, from *telh₂- + *-né-. Cognate with Latin tolerō (“to bear, endure, support, sustain, suffer”), tulī (“to bore”), lātus (“borne”), tellūs (“the earth, globe”). The perfect and supine stems of tollō were prefixed with sub- (“under, below, beneath, underneath, behind”) to distinguish them from the original forms…

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