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Where does the word taxis come from?

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Anonymous

16y ago
Updated: 10/28/2022

The word 'taxi' - in the US: '(taxi)cab'- is a contraction of two words: "taximeter cabriolet'. The word taximeter is of Greek origin, meaning 'definer of the cost to be paid', and the word 'cab' was already the common abbreviation for the two-wheeled horse-drawn cabriolet, the Hansom Cab, that served as a taxi before the motorized version came along.

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