maletote.
An arbitrary tax; in particular, a levy imposed by the English monarch on a certain good beyond ordinary customs duties.
Meaning & usage
An arbitrary tax; in particular, a levy imposed by the English monarch on a certain good beyond ordinary customs duties.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle English maltode, from Anglo-Norman maltolt (“unjust tax”), from Medieval Latin malatolta, from mala (“evil”) + tolta (“tax”), the latter from tollīta (“raised”), used in Medieval Latin as past participle of Classical Latin tollō.
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