Where does “tariff” come from?
Tariff comes from French tarif, from Italian tariffa, from Arabic تَعْرِفَة, from Persian تعرفه, from Arabic تَعْرِفَة.
tariff (English): A system of government-imposed duties levied on...
Definitions
- A system of government-imposed duties levied on...
Ancestry of “tariff”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | tarif | price |
| 2 | Middle French | tariff | — |
| 3 | Italian | tariffa | rate, tariff, price, charge, fare; inflection of... |
| 4 | Spanish | tarifa | fare; fee |
| 5 | Ottoman Turkish | تعرفه | — |
| 6 | Persian | تعرفه | tariff, impost; receipt |
| 7 | Arabic | تَعْرِفَة | tariff, rate |
Words derived from “tariff”