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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

  1. plural of tax; Third-person singular simple...

Ancestry of “taxes”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtaxMoney paid to the government other than for...
2Middle Englishtaxe—
3Old Frenchtaxe—
4Latintaxasecond-person singular present active imperative...
5Latintaxāre—
6LatinTaxusyew
7Ancient GreekεἶδοςThat which is seen: form, image, shape;...
8Spanish-scopio-scope
9Latin-scopium—
10Ancient GreekσκοπέωI look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413...
11Ancient Greekσκοπόςwatcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout
12Ancient GreekσκέπτομαιI look at, examine; I examine, consider, think
13Proto-Hellenicsképťomaito look at
14Proto-Indo-Europeanspéḱyetito be looking at, to keep looking at
15Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe

Words derived from “taxes”

  • takises
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