different between forwax vs fortax

English

Etymology

From Middle English forwaxen, from Old English forweaxan (“to progress, grow too much, become overgrown”), equivalent to for- +? wax (“to grow, increase”). Cognate with German verwachsen (“to grow together, heal over, overgrow”).

Verb

forwax (third-person singular simple present forwaxes, present participle forwaxing, simple past forwaxed, past participle forwaxed or forwaxen)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To grow to excess; become huge; overgrow; swell.

English

Etymology

From Middle English fortaxen, equivalent to for- +? tax.

Verb

fortax (third-person singular simple present fortaxes, present participle fortaxing, simple past and past participle fortaxed)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To tax heavily; burden.

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ?????? (phórtax, “bearer”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?for.ta?ks/, [?f?rt?ä?ks?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?for.taks/, [?f?rt??ks]

Noun

fort?x m (genitive fort?cis); third declension

1. The basis on which a furnace rests

Declension

Third-declension noun.

References

• fortax in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fortax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette