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Where does “tauxer” come from?

tauxer (Old French) 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.

Ancestry of “tauxer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtaxerto tax, to impose a tax on
2Latintaxō—
3Proto-West Germanicþahsbadger
4Proto-Germanicþahsuzbadger
5Proto-Indo-Europeantótḱus—
6Proto-Indo-Europeantetḱ-to create, produce; to cut, hew
7Proto-Indo-Europeanteḱ-to sire, beget

Words derived from “tauxer”

  • taux
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