Where does “tasting” come from?
Tasting comes from English taste, which derives from Middle English tasten, Old French taster, Vulgar Latin tasto, Latin taxo, and Latin tango, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European tag- meaning to touch.
tasting (English): A small amount of food or drink; The taking of a...
Definitions
- A small amount of food or drink; The taking of a...
Ancestry of “tasting”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | tastynge | — |
Words derived from “tasting”