Where does “tastewise” come from?

tastewise (English) comes 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, from Spanish -scopio — to see, to look, to observe.

tastewise (English): In terms of taste

Definitions

  1. In terms of taste

Ancestry of “tastewise”, step by step

tastewise traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English taste

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

via English wise

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishwiseShowing good judgement or the benefit of...
2Middle Englishwyswise, thoughtful, proper; knowledgeable; alert,...
3Old Englishwīswise
4Proto-Germanicwīsazwise, knowledgeable
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweydstosknowledgeable
Every word from Proto-Indo-European speḱ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European spéḱyetiEvery word from Proto-Hellenic sképťomai