Where does “retaliatory tariff” come from?
retaliatory tariff (English) comes from English retaliatory, from English retaliate, from Latin retaliatus, from Latin retaliare, from Latin taliō, from Latin tālis, from Proto-Indo-European tód, from Proto-Indo-European to- — this; that.
retaliatory tariff (English): A tariff imposed by one country in response to a tariff or other trade barrier previously imposed by another country, typically as a form of tit-for-tat trade sanction
Definitions
- A tariff imposed by one country in response to a tariff or other trade barrier previously imposed by another country, typically as a form of tit-for-tat trade sanction
Ancestry of “retaliatory tariff”, step by step
retaliatory tariff traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English retaliatory
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | retaliatory | Relating to or part of a retaliation |
| 2 | English | retaliate | To do something harmful or negative to get... |
| 3 | Latin | retaliatus | — |
| 4 | Latin | retaliare | — |
| 5 | Latin | taliō | punishment equal to the injury sustained; retaliation |
| 6 | Latin | tālis | such |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | tód | demonstrative pronoun; that; it |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | to- | it; that; the, that |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |
via English tariff
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tariff | A system of government-imposed duties levied on... |
| 2 | French | tarif | price |
| 3 | Middle French | tariff | — |
| 4 | Italian | tariffa | rate, tariff, price, charge, fare; inflection of... |
| 5 | Spanish | tarifa | fare; fee |
| 6 | Ottoman Turkish | تعرفه | price list; tariff |
| 7 | Persian | تعرفه | tariff, impost; receipt |
| 8 | Arabic | تَعْرِفَة | tariff, rate |