The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
Appendix II
Semitic Roots
ENTRY:
tll.
DEFINITION:
Common Semitic noun *till-,*tall-, mound, tell. 1. Tel Aviv, from Hebrew tl bîb, barley tell, from tl, tell (bîb, barley; see bb). 2.tell2, from Arabic tall, tell.