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taxo.

to feel, to touch sharply, to handle

4 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈtak.soː]Classical-Latin[ˈtak.so]
  1. to feel, to touch sharply, to handle

    conjugation-1
  2. to charge, to twit, to reproach, to censure

    conjugation-1
  3. to rate, to appraise, to value, to estimate

    conjugation-1
  4. to judge, to compute, to reckon, to estimate

    conjugation-1
  5. to tax

    Medieval-Latin · conjugation-1
Where this word comes from

Probably a sā-present from the root *teh₂g-, meaning that is a denominative verb formed to a deverbal noun from an s-present of said PIE root.

noun[ˈtak.soː]Classical-Latin[ˈtak.so]
  1. badger

    Late-Latin · declension-3
Where this word comes from

From Frankish *þahs, from Proto-Germanic *þahsuz (“badger”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- (“construct”) after the badger's construction of its setts (compare texō).

verb[ˈtaːk.soː]Classical-Latin[ˈtak.so]
  1. first-person singular sigmatic future active indicative of tangō

    Old-Latin · active · first-person · form-of · future · indicative · sigmatic · singular
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