Where does “income tax” come from?
income tax (English) comes from English tax, from Middle English 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.
income tax (English): A tax levied on earned and unearned income, net...
Definitions
- A tax levied on earned and unearned income, net...
Ancestry of “income tax”, step by step
income tax traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tax
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tax | Money paid to the government other than for... |
| 2 | Middle English | taxe | A tax or charge |
| 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 |