task的词源

英文词源

task: task: see tax
task (n.): early 14c., "a quantity of labor imposed as a duty," from Old North French tasque (12c., Old French tasche, Modern French tâche) "duty, tax," from Vulgar Latin *tasca "a duty, assessment," metathesis of Medieval Latin taxa, a back-formation of Latin taxare "to evaluate, estimate, assess" (see tax (v.)). General sense of "any piece of work that has to be done" is first recorded 1590s. Phrase take one to task (1680s) preserves the sense that is closer to tax.

German tasche "pocket" is from the same Vulgar Latin source (via Old High German tasca), with presumable sense evolution from "amount of work imposed by some authority," to "payment for that work," to "wages," to "pocket into which money is put," to "any pocket."
task (v.): 1520s, "impose a task upon;" 1590s, "to burden, put a strain upon," from task (n.). Related: Tasked; tasking.

词源解释见tax词条。

同源词：tax

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来自古法语方言 tasque,税收，税费，置换自拉丁语 taxa,估价，估税，收税，来自 taxare,评估，估计，来自 PIE*tag,接触，安排，词源同 tax,tangent.后用于指以劳动或劳务代替应交税款，再后引申词义分派的任务，目的等。