English
gustable
Gustable comes from Latin gustus ‘taste’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ǵews-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵews-‘to try, to taste’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵéwstus‘taste’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gustus‘taste’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgustus‘taste’
- Englishearliest quotation 1672gustable
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵews-‘to try, to taste’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵéwstus‘taste’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gustus‘taste’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgustus‘taste’
- Englishearliest quotation 1672gustable
Earliest quotation: 1672, Gideon Harvey, Morbus Anglicus: “This position informs us of a vulgar error, terming…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- ‘to try, to taste’
choice, choose, chosen, 15 more
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus ‘taste’
through Latin gustus ‘taste’
Today it means
adj Having a taste; capable of being tasted.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- / gustable