English
excise
Excise comes from Middle Dutch excijs.
- Middle Dutchc. 1150–1500excijs
- Englishearliest quotation 1668excise
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Dutchc. 1150–1500excijs
- Englishearliest quotation 1668excise
Earliest quotation: 1668, James Dalrymple, Thomas Rue contra Andrew Houſtoun: “Andrew Houſtoun and Adam Muſhet, being Tackſmen of the…”
Every English word from Middle Dutch excijs
Another origin of excise
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexcīdō‘cut out’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexcisus‘collapsed’past participle of excīdō
- Frenchc. 1600–presentexciser‘to excise’
- Englishtodayexcise
Today it means
noun A tax charged on goods produced within the country (as opposed to customs duties, charged on goods from outside the country).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle Dutch excijs / excise