Where does “taxfree” come from?
taxfree (Swedish) comes from English tax-free, from English tax, from Middle English taxe, from Old French taxe, from Latin taxa, from Latin taxāre, from Latin Taxus, from Ancient Greek εἶδος — to look at.
taxfree (Swedish): tax-free (of shops, goods, etc., at international airports and vessels and the like)
Definitions
- tax-free (of shops, goods, etc., at international airports and vessels and the like)
Ancestry of “taxfree”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tax-free | exempt from taxation |
| 2 | English | tax | Money paid to the government other than for... |
| 3 | Middle English | taxe | A tax or charge |
| 4 | Old French | taxe | — |
| 5 | Latin | taxa | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 6 | Latin | taxāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | Taxus | yew |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | εἶδος | That which is seen: form, image, shape;... |
| 9 | Spanish | -scopio | -scope |
| 10 | Latin | -scopium | — |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | σκοπέω | I look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413... |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | σκοπός | watcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | σκέπτομαι | I look at, examine; I examine, consider, think |
| 14 | Proto-Hellenic | sképťomai | to look at |