Etymology

tallage

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Middle English tallage ← French taillage ← Old French taillier
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The story

  1. Latintālea
  2. Late Latintāliō
  3. Old Frenchtaillier
  4. Frenchtailler
  5. Frenchtaillage
  6. Middle Englishtallage
  7. English todaytallage

Inherited from Middle English tallage. From French taillage, from tailler (“to cut”).

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