Where does “exciseman” come from?
exciseman (English) comes from English excise, from French exciser, from Latin excisus, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis, from Proto-Italic kommoinis — resin, gum; to say, speak.
exciseman (English): An officer employed to collect excise duty , and...
Definitions
- An officer employed to collect excise duty , and...
Ancestry of “exciseman”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | excise | A tax charged on goods produced within the... |
| 2 | French | exciser | to excise |
| 3 | Latin | excisus | collapsed; escaped |
| 4 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 5 | Latin | commūnicō | — |
| 6 | Latin | commūnis | — |
| 7 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | — |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |