Etymograph

English

taxation

Taxation comes from Latin taxātio ‘rating, appraisal’, and goes back to taxō.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtaxō
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtaxātio‘rating, appraisal’
  3. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400taxacion
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500taxacioun
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1904taxation

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtaxō
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtaxātio‘rating, appraisal’
  3. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400taxacion
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500taxacioun
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1904taxation

Earliest quotation: 1904, The American Catholic Quarterly Review: “Less than one-tenth of the taxation is spent on…”

Equivalent to tax + -ation

Medieval Latin taxa

Middle French taxe

Middle English taxe ‘a tax or charge’

English tax

Linked words

through Latin taxō

tax, task

Today it means

noun The act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed.

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

Etymograph / Latin taxō / taxation

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