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Where does “Tast” come from?

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

Tast (Luxembourgish): key, button

Definitions

  1. key, button

Ancestry of “Tast”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantasteinflection of tasten: ## first-person singular...
2Italiantastokey, button; touch, feel; fret, fingerboard
3Italiantastareto feel, grope, cop a feel; to probe
4Vulgar Latintastareto touch, feel; present active infinitive of...
5Latintaxāre—
6LatinTaxusyew
7Ancient GreekεἶδοςThat which is seen: form, image, shape;...
8Spanish-scopio-scope
9Latin-scopium—
10Ancient GreekσκοπέωI look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413...
11Ancient Greekσκοπόςwatcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout
12Ancient GreekσκέπτομαιI look at, examine; I examine, consider, think
13Proto-Hellenicsképťomaito look at
14Proto-Indo-Europeanspéḱyetito be looking at, to keep looking at
15Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe
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