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Where does “taxa” come from?

taxa (Latin) comes from Latin taxāre, from Latin Taxus, from Ancient Greek εἶδος, from Spanish -scopio, from Latin -scopium, from Ancient Greek σκοπέω, from Ancient Greek σκοπός, from Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι — to see, to look, to observe.

taxa (Latin): second-person singular present active imperative...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular present active imperative...

Ancestry of “taxa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintaxāre—
2LatinTaxusyew
3Ancient GreekεἶδοςThat which is seen: form, image, shape;...
4Spanish-scopio-scope
5Latin-scopium—
6Ancient GreekσκοπέωI look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413...
7Ancient Greekσκοπόςwatcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout
8Ancient GreekσκέπτομαιI look at, examine; I examine, consider, think
9Proto-Hellenicsképťomaito look at
10Proto-Indo-Europeanspéḱyetito be looking at, to keep looking at
11Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe

Words derived from “taxa”

  • tax
  • taxes
  • taxpayer
  • taxable
  • pretax
  • nontaxable
  • taxpaying
  • overtax
  • nontax
  • taxability
  • taxman
  • tasse
  • antitax
  • taxgatherer
  • taxer
  • untax
  • posttax
  • taxwise
  • supertax
  • untaxable
  • nontaxability
  • taxless
  • taxpay
  • ecotax
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