Where does “taxer” come from?
taxer (Venetian) comes from Latin tacere, from Latin taceo, from Proto-Italic takēō, from Proto-Indo-European tak- — to be silent.
taxer (Venetian): to shut up
Ancestry of “taxer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | tacere | present active infinitive of taceō; second-person... |
| 2 | Latin | taceo | I am silent, say nothing, shut up, hold my... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | takēō | be silent |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | tak- | to be silent |