The story
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*teh₂g-“to touch, handle”
- Medieval Latin · derived fromtaxa“tax, charge”
- German · derived fromTaxameter
- French · borrowed fromtaximètre
- English todaytaximeter
Borrowed from French taximètre, from German Taxameter, coined from Medieval Latin taxa (“tax, charge”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- (“to touch, handle”).
Words from the same roots
Frenchtaximètre all →
taxi
GermanTaxameter all →
taxi
Medieval Latintaxa all →
taxtaxi
Proto-Indo-European*teh₂g- all →
tasteattaintangentthwacktalariaattingentthack
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.