Where does “taxeating” come from?

taxeating (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.

taxeating (English): Paid directly or indirectly out of the public treasury

Definitions

Paid directly or indirectly out of the public treasury

Ancestry of “taxeating”, step by step

taxeating 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

via English eating

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	eating	present participle of eat; Bred to be eaten;...
2	Middle English	etynge	eating
3	Old English	eting	eating
4	Old English	-ing	Forming nouns from verbs, indicating action,...
5	Old English	-tūn	homestead, village, town
6	Old English	tūn	enclosure, yard; place; dwelling
7	Proto-West Germanic	tūn	fence
8	Proto-Germanic	tūną	fence; enclosure
9	Gaulish	dunum	fort; hill, hillfort
10	Proto-Celtic	dūnom	stronghold, rampart
11	Proto-Indo-European	dʰewh₂-	smoke; mist, haze

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