Where does “undertaste” come from?
undertaste (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.
undertaste (English): An underlying taste
Definitions
- An underlying taste
Ancestry of “undertaste”, step by step
undertaste traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English taste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | taste | One of the sensations produced by the tongue in... |
| 2 | Middle English | tasten | To taste; To partake in or ingest; To examine by... |
| 3 | Old French | taster | to taste; to touch; to hit; to strike |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | tastare | to touch, feel; present active infinitive of... |
| 5 | Latin | taxāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | Taxus | yew |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | εἶδος | That which is seen: form, image, shape;... |
| 8 | Spanish | -scopio | -scope |
| 9 | Latin | -scopium | — |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | σκοπέω | I look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413... |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | σκοπός | watcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | σκέπτομαι | I look at, examine; I examine, consider, think |
| 13 | Proto-Hellenic | sképťomai | to look at |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |