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Old English tōl, from a Germanic base meaning ‘prepare’; compare with taw1. The verb dates from the early 19th century.

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From Middle English tool, tol, from Old English tōl(“tool, implement, instrument”, literally “that with which one prepares something”), from Proto-Germanic *tōlą(“tool”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-(“to tie to, secure”), equivalent to taw(“to prepare”) +‎ -le(agent suffix). Cognate with Scots tuil(“tool, implement, instrument, device”), Icelandic tól(“tool”), Faroese tól(“tool, instrument”). Related to Old English tāwian(“to make, prepare, or cultivate”); see taw, and tow ("fibres used for spinning"). [1] [2]

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tool (n.)

Old English tol "instrument, implement used by a craftsman or laborer, weapon," from Proto-Germanic *tōwalan "implement" (source also of Old Norse tol), from a verb stem represented by Old English tawian "prepare" (see taw). The ending is the instrumental suffix -el (1). Figurative sense of "person used by another for his own ends" is recorded from 1660s. Slang meaning "penis" first recorded 1550s.

tool (v.)

"to drive a vehicle," 1812, probably from tool (n.) as if "to manage skillfully." The meaning "to work or shape with a tool" is recorded from 1815; that of "equip (a factory) with machine tools" is from 1927. Related: Tooled; tooling.