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thole

The origin and history of thole.

Etymology

Traces back through Middle English thōle, from tholen, tholien, to Old English þolian, from Proto-West Germanic *þolēn, from Proto-Germanic *þulāną (“to suffer”), from Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“to bear, suffer; to support”); compare Norwegian Bokmål tåle.

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