Where does “Kurtaxe” come from?
Kurtaxe (German) comes from German Taxe, from German Taxi, from French taxi, from German Taxameter, from Medieval Latin taxa, from Latin taxāre, from Latin Taxus, from Ancient Greek εἶδος — to see, to look, to observe.
Kurtaxe (German): tourist tax tax imposed on overnight stays at certain vacation resorts
Definitions
- tourist tax tax imposed on overnight stays at certain vacation resorts
Ancestry of “Kurtaxe”, step by step
Kurtaxe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Taxe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Taxe | fee, tariff, tax; Alternative form of Taxi |
| 2 | German | Taxi | taxi, cab |
| 3 | French | taxi | taxi; taxi driver; helicopter or plane used for... |
| 4 | German | Taxameter | taximeter |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | taxa | charge, assessment, tax; tax, charge;... |
| 6 | Latin | taxāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | Taxus | yew |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | εἶδος | That which is seen: form, image, shape;... |
| 9 | Spanish | -scopio | -scope |
| 10 | Latin | -scopium | — |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | σκοπέω | I look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413... |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | σκοπός | watcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | σκέπτομαι | I look at, examine; I examine, consider, think |
| 14 | Proto-Hellenic | sképťomai | to look at |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |
via German Kür
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kür | choice; free skating |
| 2 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | kure | — |
| 3 | Arabic | كره | to be disgusted, to feel disgust; to detest, to... |
| 4 | Arabic | كُرَة | ball; a ball, a mass, a clump; a ball, a mass, a... |
| 5 | Old Persian | 𐎹𐎢𐎴 | Ionia |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Ἴων | one of the Ionians; a native or inhabitant of... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Ἰᾱ́ϝων | Ionian |