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 (excise tax), and to enforce excise laws
Definitions
- An officer employed to collect excise duty (excise tax), and to enforce excise laws
Ancestry of “exciseman”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | to impart, share |
| 6 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 7 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 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 | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 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 |