myEtymology.com: English etymology of overtax

Etymology of the English word overtax

the English word overtax

derived from the English word tax

derived from the English word taxen

derived from the Old French word taxer

derived from the Medieval Latin word taxare (value, assess the worth of; access a crime)

derived from the Latin word tangere (touch, strike; border on)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *tag- (to touch)

using the English prefix over-

derived from the English word over

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *uberi

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *uper