Where does “undistasteful” come from?
undistasteful (English) comes from English distasteful, from English distaste, from English taste, from Middle English tasten, from Old French taster, from Vulgar Latin tastare, from Latin taxāre, from Latin Taxus — I look at, examine; I examine, consider, think.
undistasteful (English): Not distasteful
Definitions
- Not distasteful
Ancestry of “undistasteful”, step by step
undistasteful traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English distasteful
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | distasteful | Having a bad or foul taste; Unpleasant; Offensive |
| 2 | English | distaste | A feeling of dislike, aversion or antipathy;... |
| 3 | English | taste | One of the sensations produced by the tongue in... |
| 4 | Middle English | tasten | To taste; To partake in or ingest; To examine by... |
| 5 | Old French | taster | to taste; to touch; to hit; to strike |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | tastare | to touch, feel; present active infinitive of... |
| 7 | Latin | taxāre | — |
| 8 | Latin | Taxus | yew |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | εἶδος | That which is seen: form, image, shape;... |
| 10 | Spanish | -scopio | -scope |
| 11 | Latin | -scopium | — |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | σκοπέω | I look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413... |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | σκοπός | watcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | σκέπτομαι | I look at, examine; I examine, consider, think |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |