Where does “vlaktaks” come from?
vlaktaks (Dutch) comes from Dutch taks, from Middle Dutch taxe, from Old French taxe, from Latin taxa, from Latin taxāre, from Latin Taxus, from Ancient Greek εἶδος, from Spanish -scopio — to see, to look, to observe.
vlaktaks (Dutch): flat tax proportional tax, with a single constant rate for all payers
Definitions
- flat tax proportional tax, with a single constant rate for all payers
Ancestry of “vlaktaks”, step by step
vlaktaks traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch taks
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | taks | tax; fee, amount, share |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | taxe | — |
| 3 | Old French | taxe | — |
| 4 | Latin | taxa | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 5 | Latin | taxāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | Taxus | yew |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | εἶδος | That which is seen: form, image, shape;... |
| 8 | Spanish | -scopio | -scope |
| 9 | Latin | -scopium | — |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | σκοπέω | I look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413... |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | σκοπός | watcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | σκέπτομαι | I look at, examine; I examine, consider, think |
| 13 | Proto-Hellenic | sképťomai | to look at |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |