task

The story

1. Latin · derived fromtaxō“to censure; to charge”
2. Medieval Latin · derived fromtasca
3. Old Northern French · derived fromtasque
4. Middle English · inherited fromtaske“task, tax”
5. English todaytask

From Middle English taske (“task, tax”), from Old Northern French tasque, (compare Old French variant tasche), from Medieval Latin tasca, alteration of taxa, from Latin taxō (“to censure; to charge”). Doublet of tax.