Английский Этимологический словарь - tax (v.)

- c.1300, from O.Fr. taxer "impose a tax," from L. taxare "evaluate, estimate, assess, handle," also "censure, charge," probably a frequentive form of tangere "to touch" (see tangent). Sense of "burden, put a strain on" first recorded early 14c.; that of "censure, reprove" is from 1569. Use in Luke ii for Gk. apographein "to enter on a list, enroll" is due to Tyndale.