Etymology

taille

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Today it means: A form of taxation levied on the land of peasants in pre-Revolutionary France. Full definition →

Middle French taille
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  1. Middle French · borrowed fromtaille“cut”
  2. English todaytaille

Borrowed from Middle French taille (“cut”, noun). Doublet of tally.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.