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Where does “taksa” come from?

taksa (Finnish) comes from Swedish taxa, from Middle Low German tax, 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.

taksa (Finnish): fee

Definitions

  1. fee

Ancestry of “taksa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishtaxa—
2Middle Low Germantax—
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 “taksa”

  • taksamittari
  • taksamerkki
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