Etymology

taxation

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Today it means: The act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed. Full definition →

Middle English taxacioun ← Anglo-Norman taxacion ← Latin taxātio
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromtaxātio“rating, appraisal”
  2. Anglo-Norman · derived fromtaxacion
  3. Middle English · inherited fromtaxacioun
  4. English todaytaxation

From Middle English taxacioun, from Anglo-Norman taxacion, from Latin taxātio (“rating, appraisal”). By surface analysis, tax + -ation.

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