Where does “aftertaste” come from?
Aftertaste comes from English after and English taste, where after derives from Old English æfter, and taste derives from Old French taster, ultimately from Latin taxo.
aftertaste (English): A taste of something that persists when it is no...
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- A taste of something that persists when it is no...
Ancestry of “aftertaste”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | taste | One of the sensations produced by the tongue in... |
| 2 | Middle English | tasten | To taste; To partake in or ingest; To examine by... |
| 3 | Old French | taster | to taste; to touch; to hit; to strike |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | tastare | to touch, feel; present active infinitive of... |
| 5 | Latin | taxāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | Taxus | yew |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | εἶδος | That which is seen: form, image, shape;... |
| 8 | Spanish | -scopio | -scope |
| 9 | Latin | -scopium | — |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | σκοπέω | I look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413... |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | σκοπός | watcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | σκέπτομαι | I look at, examine; I examine, consider, think |
| 13 | Proto-Hellenic | sképťomai | to look at |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |