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Where does “distaste” come from?

Distaste comes from Middle English dis- (prefix meaning "opposite of") combined with taste, with the dis- prefix deriving from Latin dis- meaning "apart" or "asunder," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ meaning "two."

distaste (English): A feeling of dislike, aversion or antipathy;...

Definitions

  1. A feeling of dislike, aversion or antipathy;...

Ancestry of “distaste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtasteOne of the sensations produced by the tongue in...
2Middle EnglishtastenTo taste; To partake in or ingest; To examine by...
3Old Frenchtasterto taste; to touch; to hit; to strike
4Vulgar Latintastareto touch, feel; present active infinitive of...
5Latintaxāre—
6LatinTaxusyew
7Ancient GreekεἶδοςThat which is seen: form, image, shape;...
8Spanish-scopio-scope
9Latin-scopium—
10Ancient GreekσκοπέωI look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413...
11Ancient Greekσκοπόςwatcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout
12Ancient GreekσκέπτομαιI look at, examine; I examine, consider, think
13Proto-Hellenicsképťomaito look at
14Proto-Indo-Europeanspéḱyetito be looking at, to keep looking at
15Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe

Words derived from “distaste”

  • distasteful
  • distastefully
  • distastefulness
  • distasture
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