Where does “taxe” come from?

taxe (Norman) comes from Old French taxer, 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.

taxe (Norman): tax

Definitions

  1. tax

Ancestry of “taxe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtaxerto tax, to impose a tax on
2Latintaxōto feel, to touch sharply, to handle
3Proto-West Germanicþahsbadger
4Proto-Germanicþahsuzbadger
5Proto-Indo-Europeantótḱus—
6Proto-Indo-Europeantetḱ-to create, produce; to cut, hew
7Proto-Indo-Europeanteḱ-to sire, beget
Every word from Proto-Indo-European teḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tetḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tótḱus →