köken: Via Provençal pezatge, from Medieval Latin pedāticum (found in medieval charters), from Latin pedem (“foot”). Alternatively a very old derivation of Old French pied (cf. the medieval forms paage, peage). Unrelated to the verb payer (“to pay”).
köken: Substantivised form of the expression in neuter plural διόδια χρήματα (diódia chrímata) < an adjective διόδιος (diódios) (see Koine Greek διόδιον n (diódion, “passage”)) by ellipsis of χρήματα n pl (chrímata, “money”). From Ancient Greek δίοδος (díodos, “passage”), from διά (diá) in the form of δι- (di-) + ὁδός (hodós) (modern οδός (odós)).
antonym: phrase δρόμος χωρίς διόδια ("freeway, toll-free road")
köken: From Old Galician-Portuguese peage, and already attested in 12th century local Medieval Latin documents as pedagium vel sim; probably from Old French or Old Occitan. Cognate with Spanish peaje or English pedage.
1416, Á. Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 3