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Where does “taste” come from?

taste (Danish) comes from Danish tast, from German taste, from Italian tasto, from Italian tastare, from Vulgar Latin tastare, from Latin taxāre, from Latin Taxus, from Ancient Greek εἶδος — to look at.

taste (Danish): To type

Definitions

  1. To type

Ancestry of “taste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishtastimperative of taste
2Germantasteinflection of tasten: ## first-person singular...
3Italiantastokey, button; touch, feel; fret, fingerboard
4Italiantastareto feel, grope, cop a feel; to probe
5Vulgar Latintastareto touch, feel; present active infinitive of...
6Latintaxāre—
7LatinTaxusyew
8Ancient GreekεἶδοςThat which is seen: form, image, shape;...
9Spanish-scopio-scope
10Latin-scopium—
11Ancient GreekσκοπέωI look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413...
12Ancient Greekσκοπόςwatcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout
13Ancient GreekσκέπτομαιI look at, examine; I examine, consider, think
14Proto-Hellenicsképťomaito look at

Words derived from “taste”

  • tast
  • indtaste
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