Where does “gu” come from?
gu (Vietnamese) comes from French goût, from Middle French goust, from Old French goust, from Latin gustus, from Proto-Italic gustus, from Proto-Indo-European ǵéwstus, from Proto-Indo-European ǵews- — to taste, try.
gu (Vietnamese): taste, set of preferences
Definitions
- taste, set of preferences
Ancestry of “gu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | goût | taste, flavour; taste, discrimination; taste |
| 2 | Middle French | goust | taste; flavor |
| 3 | Old French | goust | taste; flavor |
| 4 | Latin | gustus | taste |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | gustus | taste |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵéwstus | taste |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵews- | to taste, try |