Where does “disgust” come from?
Disgust comes from Middle French desgouster, from Old French desgouster and goster, from Latin gusto meaning to taste, combined with Latin ex, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ǵews- meaning to taste.
disgust (English): To cause an intense dislike for something; An...
Definitions
- To cause an intense dislike for something; An...
Ancestry of “disgust”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Catalan | dis- | dys-; Indicates negation |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | δῠσ- | bad, unfortunate |
| 3 | Latin | calculāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | calculus | diminutive of calx; pebble, stone; reckoning,... |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
Words derived from “disgust”