Where does “dégoût” come from?
dégoût (French) comes from Middle French desgoust, from Middle French desgouster, from Old French desgouster, from Old French des-, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
dégoût (French): disgust
Ancestry of “dégoût”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | desgoust | — |
| 2 | Middle French | desgouster | — |
| 3 | Old French | desgouster | to put off one's appetite |
| 4 | Old French | des- | de-; dis- |
| 5 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 6 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 7 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |