Toletum

== Latin == === Etymology === Uncertain; it was described by the Romans as a Celtic city, but no corresponding tribe names are known. Possibly Proto-Celtic *tol- (“hill”), which could be related to *tullom, *tullos (“hole”) << Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”); compare the French city Toulon and Welsh twll (“hole”), but widespread support for the evolution of "hole" to "hill" is lacking. Some sources cite a Semitic origin (Hebrew טלטול (“wandering”), טילטל (“to wander”)), but this has been dismissed as folk etymology as there is no evidence for a Semitic presence in the region. Also compare Tolentinum, a town in Picenum. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [tɔˈɫeː.tũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [toˈlɛː.tum] === Proper noun === Tolētum n sg (genitive Tolētī); second declension Toledo (a Hispanian town, now a city in modern Spain) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only. ==== Descendants ==== Old Navarro-Aragonese: Toledo Aragonese: Toledo Old Catalan: Toledo Catalan: Toledo Old Galician-Portuguese: Toledo Fala: Toledu Galician: Toledo Portuguese: Toledo Old Spanish: Toledo Ladino: Toledo Spanish: Toledo → English: Toledo → Italian: Toledo === References === “Toletum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Toletum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.