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vectigalis.

tax

10 characters4 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

adj[wɛk.tiːˈɡaː.lɪs]Classical-Latin[vek.tiˈɡaː.lis]

  1. tax

    declension-3 · relational · two-termination

  2. subject to tax, taxable

    declension-3 · two-termination
Where this word comes from

From *vectīgum + -ālis, from Proto-Indo-European *wektih₂ǵom (“fee for vehicle-driving”), synchronically analyzable as vectis + agō + um. When this noun was compounded, vectis had a different meaning than it has in classical Latin.

noun[wɛk.tiːˈɡaː.lɪs]Classical-Latin[vek.tiˈɡaː.lis]

  1. genitive singular of vectīgal (“tax, tribute”)

    form-of · genitive · singular
Where this word comes from

From *vectīgum + -ālis, from Proto-Indo-European *wektih₂ǵom (“fee for vehicle-driving”), synchronically analyzable as vectis + agō + um. When this noun was compounded, vectis had a different meaning than it has in classical Latin.

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