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Where does the word "fiscal" come from? It comes from Latin fiscus, and was adopted directly into English (1600s).
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Where does the word "fiscal" come from? It comes from Latin fiscus, and was adopted directly into English (1600s).
Fiscal’s story begins in Latin: fiscus meant “a basket, a treasury.” Literally a basket, later the imperial treasury where taxes were collected. It reached English by 1600s as fiscal. Settled as the English word for anything relating to government revenue. Today, fiscal means relating to government revenue, public finances, or a financial year.
- Stage 1 · Latin · ancient fiscus "a basket, a treasury", literally a basket, later the imperial treasury where taxes were collected.
- Stage 2 · English · 1600s fiscal "relating to government revenue and public finances", settled as the English word for anything relating to government revenue.