Where does “poison taster” come from?
poison taster (English) comes from English taster, 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 look at.
Ancestry of “poison taster”, step by step
poison taster traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English taster
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | taster | An object in which, or by which, food or drink is... |
| 2 | English | taste | One of the sensations produced by the tongue in... |
| 3 | Middle English | tasten | To taste; To partake in or ingest; To examine by... |
| 4 | Old French | taster | to taste; to touch; to hit; to strike |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | tastare | to touch, feel; present active infinitive of... |
| 6 | Latin | taxāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | Taxus | yew |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | εἶδος | That which is seen: form, image, shape;... |
| 9 | Spanish | -scopio | -scope |
| 10 | Latin | -scopium | — |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | σκοπέω | I look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413... |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | σκοπός | watcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | σκέπτομαι | I look at, examine; I examine, consider, think |
| 14 | Proto-Hellenic | sképťomai | to look at |
via English poison
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | poison | A substance that is harmful or lethal to a living... |
| 2 | Middle English | poysoun | A poison; a poisonous substance especially as a drink |
| 3 | Old French | poison | poison; potion |
| 4 | Latin | pōtiō | drinking |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |