Where does “accise” come from?
accise (French) comes from Old French acceis, from Vulgar Latin accensum, from Latin census, from Latin censeo, from Proto-Italic kensēō, from Proto-Italic kensējō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱens-éh₁-ye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European ḱens- — to cover, conceal; hornless.
accise (French): excise, excise tax
Definitions
- excise, excise tax
Ancestry of “accise”, step by step
accise traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French acceis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | acceis | tax, assessment |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | accensum | nominative neuter singular of accēnsus;... |
| 3 | Latin | census | census, a registering of the populace and their... |
| 4 | Latin | censeo | I give an opinion; I think, suppose or judge; I... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kensēō | to give an opinion |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kensējō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱens-éh₁-ye-ti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱens- | to announce, to proclaim; to put in order |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱem- | to cover, conceal; hornless |
via Latin accisus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | accisus | having begun to be cut into, having begun to be... |
| 2 | Latin | accido | I fall down, upon, at or near; descend; I happen... |
| 3 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |