English
censitary
Censitary comes from Medieval Latin censitarius, and goes back to Latin censeō ‘assess (for tax)’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcenseōas censere‘assess (for tax)’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500censitarius
- Englishearliest quotation 1895censitary
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcenseōas censere‘assess (for tax)’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500censitarius
- Englishearliest quotation 1895censitary
Earliest quotation: 1895, "The Present Condition of Russia" Peter , Number 2677 (26 October 1895) p.223: “The composition of the Provincial and District Assemblies out…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱens- ‘to announce’
charm, cosmic, cosmetic, cosmos, cosmetology, 11 more
through Latin censeō ‘assess (for tax)’
Today it means
adj (of an elective franchise, especially in the nineteenth century) dependent on or proportional to a poll tax (cense) or property qualification; restricted.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin censeō / censitary