myEtymology.com: French etymology of taxer

Etymology of the French word taxer

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)

English taxen, Romanian taxa

Italian tassare, Portuguese taixar

Word found in Old French