Where does “tastelessly” come from?
tastelessly (English) comes from English tasteless, 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.
tastelessly (English): In a tasteless manner; Such that it cannot be...
Definitions
- In a tasteless manner; Such that it cannot be...
Ancestry of “tastelessly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tasteless | Having no flavour; bland, insipid; Lacking... |
| 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 |