Levy
/ΛlΙvi/noun
To impose or collect a tax, fee, or other charge; also, to raise or conscript troops.
Did you know?Levy comes through Anglo-French from Old French *lever*, βto raise,β ultimately from Latin *levare*, βto lift,β so the same root that gave us elevation is behind a word of taxation and conscription.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*legwh-
βto be light, not heavyβ
Latin
Latin
levis
βlight in weightβ
Latin
Latin
levare
βto raise, lift upβ
Old French
Old French
lever
βto raise, liftβ
Middle English
English
levien
βto raise; to collect money or troopsβ
Modern English
English
levy
βto impose or collect a tax; to raise troopsβ