Where does “bongusti” come from?
bongusti (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto gusti, from Esperanto ĝusta, from French juste, from Old French juste, from Latin iūstus, from Latin iūs, from Latin dīcō, from Latin -tiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
bongusti (Esperanto): to taste good, to be tasty
Definitions
- to taste good, to be tasty
Ancestry of “bongusti”, step by step
bongusti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto gusti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | gusti | to have a taste |
| 2 | Esperanto | ĝusta | right, correct, exact |
| 3 | French | juste | fair, just; reasonable, appropriate, grounded;... |
| 4 | Old French | juste | — |
| 5 | Latin | iūstus | just, righteous |
| 6 | Latin | iūs | law, right |
| 7 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 8 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 9 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 10 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 11 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 12 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 13 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 14 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |