Where does “taxes” come from?

Taxes derives from English tax, from English taximeter, from Latin taxa, from Proto-Indo-European tag-, meaning to touch or handle.

taxes (English): plural of tax; Third-person singular simple...

Definitions

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