Today on April 20th, the Good Morning Hayashi-sensei Vocabulary Test posed the question, “What is the origin of the word ‘taxi’?” The answer choices provided were: 1) to pay, 2) to evaluate, and 3) too serious mahjong. The correct answer for today’s question was 2) to evaluate. The word “taxi” shares its etymological roots with “tax” in Latin, coming from the word taxare meaning “to evaluate.”
Today’s April 20th Good Morning Hayashi Sensei’s Word Test, the question is “What is the origin of the word ‘taxi’?”
For the question “What is the origin of the word ‘taxi’?”, the answer choices are as follows.
① To pay
② To evaluate
③ Too serious mahjong
Among these choices, today’s answer was ② To evaluate.
The word “taxi” originates from the Latin word “taxare,” which means to evaluate.