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Where does “tastelessness” come from?

tastelessness (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.

tastelessness (English): The quality, state, or characteristic of being...

Definitions

  1. The quality, state, or characteristic of being...

Ancestry of “tastelessness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtastelessHaving no flavour; bland, insipid; Lacking...
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
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