la famille von Thurn und Taxi remonte au 16eme siecle.

Ce que j'ai trouve sur "taxi":

Etymology
The word taxi arose as short for "taximeter", which was made from French taxe = "price" and Greek metron = "measure". Taximeter is the official name for the device which measures the distance travelled and time taken in order to calculate the price to be charged for the journey.

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Question:
Where does the word taxi come from and when was the taximeter invented?

Answer:
You have basically answered the first part of your question yourself. The name taxicab - usually abbreviated to taxi - derives from the taximeter, the instrument which measures the distance travelled - or time taken -thus allowing an accurate fare to be determined. This device was invented by the German inventor, Wilhelm Bruhn in 1891. Gottlieb Daimler built the world's first dedicated taxi in 1897 called the Daimler Victoria. The taxi came equipped with the newly invented taxi meter. On 16 June, 1897 the Daimler Victoria taxi was delivered to Friedrich Greiner, a Stuttgart entrepreneur who started the world's first motorized taxi company.

Jo qui n'a vraiment rien a faire cet aprem, alors je vais jouer au golf.