Etymology

carucage

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Today it means: A form of land taxation that replaced Danegeld in twelfth-century England. Full definition →

Late Latin carrucagium
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  1. Late Latin · derived fromcarrucagium
  2. English todaycarucage

From Late Latin carrucagium, from carruca (“plough”); compare tillage.

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