Where does “tast” come from?
tast (Catalan) comes from Catalan tastar, from Old Occitan tastar, from Vulgar Latin tastare, from Latin taxāre, from Latin Taxus, from Ancient Greek εἶδος, from Spanish -scopio, from Latin -scopium — to see, to look, to observe.
tast (Catalan): tasting, trying; flavour, taste
Definitions
- tasting, trying; flavour, taste
Ancestry of “tast”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | tastar | to taste; to try, sample |
| 2 | Old Occitan | tastar | — |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | tastare | to touch, feel; present active infinitive of... |
| 4 | Latin | taxāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | Taxus | yew |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | εἶδος | That which is seen: form, image, shape;... |
| 7 | Spanish | -scopio | -scope |
| 8 | Latin | -scopium | — |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | σκοπέω | I look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | σκοπός | watcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | σκέπτομαι | I look at, examine; I examine, consider, think |
| 12 | Proto-Hellenic | sképťomai | to look at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |