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fogal.

hearth tax, a tax levied on each household

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/foˈɡaw/Brazil[foˈɡaʊ̯]Brazil/fuˈɡal/Portugal[fuˈɣaɫ]Portugal
  1. hearth tax, a tax levied on each household

    historical · masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der.? Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ-der.? Latin focum Old Galician-Portuguese fogo Portuguese fogo Portuguese -al Portuguese fogal From fogo + -al. Compare Medieval Latin focālis (“hearth tax”).

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