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Fiscal

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means relating to government revenue, public finances, or a financial year
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Stage 1 of 2
fiscus
Latin · ancient
"a basket, a treasury"
literally a basket, later the imperial treasury where taxes were collected
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Stage 2 of 2
fiscal
English · 1600s
"relating to government revenue and public finances"
settled as the English word for anything relating to government revenue
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