Where does “tariff” come from?
tariff (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from German Tarif, from Italian tariffa, from Spanish tarifa, from Ottoman Turkish تعرفه, from Persian تعرفه, from Arabic تَعْرِفَة — tariff, rate.
tariff (Norwegian Bokmål): tariff, scale, table of rates or charges; wage...
Definitions
- tariff, scale, table of rates or charges; wage...
Ancestry of “tariff”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | Tarif | fee, price, rate; tariff |
| 2 | Italian | tariffa | rate, tariff, price, charge, fare; inflection of... |
| 3 | Spanish | tarifa | fare; fee |
| 4 | Ottoman Turkish | تعرفه | — |
| 5 | Persian | تعرفه | tariff, impost; receipt |
| 6 | Arabic | تَعْرِفَة | tariff, rate |