Taxi | Define Taxi at Dictionary.com
taxi
1907, shortening of taximeter cab (introduced in London in March 1907), from taximeter "automatic meter to record the distance and fare" (1898), from Fr. taximètre, from Ger. Taxameter (1890), coined from M.L. taxa "tax, charge." An earlier Eng. form was taxameter (1894), used in horse-drawn cabs.
chauffeur-driven automobile available for hire to carry passengers
between any
two points within a city or its suburbs for a fare
determined by a
meter or zone system or a flat rate. The taxicab is named
after the taximeter, an instrument invented by
Wilhelm Bruhn in 1891 that automatically recorded the distance traveled and/or the time
consumed, thus enabling the fare to be accurately
measured. The term cab derives from the cabriolet, a two-wheeled, one-horse
carriage often
let out for hire
Taxy | Define Taxy at Dictionary.com
-taxy
variant of -taxis:
heterotaxy.
-taxis | Define -taxis at Dictionary.com
-taxis or -taxy — n combining form 1. indicating movement towards or away from a specified stimulus: thermotaxis 2. order or arrangement: phyllotaxis