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

  1. 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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanTaxefee, tariff, tax; Alternative form of Taxi
2GermanTaxitaxi, cab
3Frenchtaxitaxi; taxi driver; helicopter or plane used for...
4GermanTaxametertaximeter
5Medieval Latintaxacharge, assessment, tax; tax, charge;...
6Latintaxāre
7LatinTaxusyew
8Ancient GreekεἶδοςThat which is seen: form, image, shape;...
9Spanish-scopio-scope
10Latin-scopium
11Ancient GreekσκοπέωI look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413...
12Ancient Greekσκοπόςwatcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout
13Ancient GreekσκέπτομαιI look at, examine; I examine, consider, think
14Proto-Hellenicsképťomaito look at
15Proto-Indo-Europeanspéḱyetito be looking at, to keep looking at
16Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe

via German Kür

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKürchoice; free skating
2Proto-Finno-Ugrickure
3Arabicكرهto be disgusted, to feel disgust; to detest, to...
4Arabicكُرَةball; a ball, a mass, a clump; a ball, a mass, a...
5Old Persian𐎹𐎢𐎴Ionia
6Ancient GreekἼωνone of the Ionians; a native or inhabitant of...
7Ancient GreekἸᾱ́ϝωνIonian

Words derived from “Kurtaxe

Every word from Proto-Indo-European speḱ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European spéḱyetiEvery word from Proto-Hellenic sképťomai