Where does “tassare” come from?

tassare (Italian) comes from Latin taxō, from Proto-West Germanic þahs, from Proto-Germanic þahsuz, from Proto-Indo-European tótḱus, from Proto-Indo-European tetḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European teḱ- — to sire, beget.

tassare (Italian): to tax

Definitions

  1. to tax

Ancestry of “tassare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintaxōto feel, to touch sharply, to handle
2Proto-West Germanicþahsbadger
3Proto-Germanicþahsuzbadger
4Proto-Indo-Europeantótḱus—
5Proto-Indo-Europeantetḱ-to create, produce; to cut, hew
6Proto-Indo-Europeanteḱ-to sire, beget

Words derived from “tassare”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European teḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tetḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tótḱus →