was borrowed from Middle Dutch echijns, excijs (whence also Modern Dutch accijns), attested in meaning 'excise on wine or beer' in early 15th c., which...

(noun) (="tax on goods") from Middle Dutch excijs, apparently altered from accijns (="tax"); English got the word, and the idea for the tax, from the Netherlands...

Netherlands. 29 March 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2020. "Wijzigingen btw en accijns 2012". Taxci Consultants International (in Dutch). 7 February 2012. Archived...