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Where does “taste” come from?

taste (German) comes from Italian tasto, from Italian tastare, from Vulgar Latin tastare, from Latin taxāre, from Latin Taxus, from Ancient Greek εἶδος, from Spanish -scopio, from Latin -scopium — to see, to look, to observe.

taste (German): inflection of tasten: ## first-person singular...

Definitions

  1. inflection of tasten: ## first-person singular...

Ancestry of “taste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantastokey, button; touch, feel; fret, fingerboard
2Italiantastareto feel, grope, cop a feel; to probe
3Vulgar Latintastareto touch, feel; present active infinitive of...
4Latintaxāre—
5LatinTaxusyew
6Ancient GreekεἶδοςThat which is seen: form, image, shape;...
7Spanish-scopio-scope
8Latin-scopium—
9Ancient GreekσκοπέωI look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413...
10Ancient Greekσκοπόςwatcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout
11Ancient GreekσκέπτομαιI look at, examine; I examine, consider, think
12Proto-Hellenicsképťomaito look at
13Proto-Indo-Europeanspéḱyetito be looking at, to keep looking at
14Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe
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