Where does “tax” come from?

tax (Northern Kurdish) comes from Armenian թաղ, from Persian طاق, from Arabic طاق, from Middle Iranian tāk.

tax (Northern Kurdish): district, neighborhood, quarter

Definitions

  1. district, neighborhood, quarter

Ancestry of “tax”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianթաղneighborhood, district, quarter; family plot in a...
2Persianطاقvault; arch
3Arabicطاقto bear; arch
4Middle Iraniantāk—
Every word from Middle Iranian tāk →Every word from Arabic طاق →Every word from Persian طاق →