Etymograph

English

ageusiac

From ageusia + -ac.

A compound of ageusia + -ac

Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- ‘to taste, try’

Ancient Greek γεύω ‘to give to taste’

Ancient Greek γεῦσις ‘taste’

English ageusia

Today it means

noun A person who has no sense of taste, or who has lost the sense of taste.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / ageusiac