English

fortax

Fortax comes from Middle English fortaxen.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Equivalent to for- + tax

Proto-Indo-European *pro- ‘before, in front of’

Proto-Germanic *fra- ‘off, away’

Proto-West Germanic *fra- ‘forms verbs with the sense of "away from" or…’

English for-

Medieval Latin taxa

Middle French taxe

Middle English taxe ‘a tax or charge’

English tax

Every English word from Middle English fortaxen

verb To tax heavily; burden.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.