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Where does “distasture” come from?

distasture (English) comes from English distaste, from English taste, from Middle English tasten, from Old French taster, from Vulgar Latin tastare, from Latin taxāre, from Latin Taxus, from Ancient Greek εἶδος — to see, to look, to observe.

distasture (English): Something that excites distaste or disgust

Definitions

  1. Something that excites distaste or disgust

Ancestry of “distasture”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdistasteA feeling of dislike, aversion or antipathy;...
2EnglishtasteOne of the sensations produced by the tongue in...
3Middle EnglishtastenTo taste; To partake in or ingest; To examine by...
4Old Frenchtasterto taste; to touch; to hit; to strike
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
15Proto-Indo-Europeanspéḱyetito be looking at, to keep looking at
16Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe
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