Etymology

tallageable

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Today it means: On which a tallage must be paid. Full definition →

English able ← Middle English able ← Old French able
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  1. Old Frenchtaillier
  2. Frenchtailler
  3. Frenchtaillage
  4. Middle Englishtallage
  5. Englishtallage
  6. Proto-Indo-European*gʰeh₁bʰ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*gʰh₁bʰéh₁yeti
  8. Proto-Italic*haβēō
  9. Latinhabeō
  10. Latinhabilis
  11. Old Frenchable
  12. Middle Englishable
  13. Englishable
  14. English todaytallageable

From tallage + able.

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