Where does “tax” come from?

Tax comes from Middle English taxe, from Old French taxe, from Latin taxa, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European tag- meaning to touch or handle.

tax (English): Money paid to the government other than for...

Definitions

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Middle English	taxe	A tax or charge
2	Old French	taxe	—
3	Latin	taxa	second-person singular present active imperative...
4	Latin	taxāre	—
5	Latin	Taxus	yew
6	Ancient Greek	εἶδος	That which is seen: form, image, shape;...
7	Spanish	-scopio	-scope
8	Latin	-scopium	—
9	Ancient Greek	σκοπέω	I look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413...
10	Ancient Greek	σκοπός	watcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout
11	Ancient Greek	σκέπτομαι	I look at, examine; I examine, consider, think
12	Proto-Hellenic	sképťomai	to look at
13	Proto-Indo-European	spéḱyeti	to be looking at, to keep looking at
14	Proto-Indo-European	speḱ-	to see, to look, to observe