Post #1176162

It's tax day in the U.S., so let's talk abut the word: "tax" dates to the 1300s, from the Latin "taxāre" — "to charge or valuate." But taxation is way older than the word. In ancient Egypt, governors just walked through your fields and took a portion of your crops. Before money even existed. This piece has all kinds of fun slang terms for money (and why taxidermy has nothing to do with money): https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/qdtarchive/slang-words-for-money-a-tax-day-special/