English
gustation
Gustation comes from Latin gustatio ‘appetizer, entree, the first course of a meal’, from gustō ‘to taste, sample’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵews-‘to taste, try’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵustósreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CE*gustus‘tasted’next step skipped: Latin unattested
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgustō‘to taste, sample’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgustatio‘appetizer, entree, the first course of a meal’
- Englishearliest quotation 1841gustation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵews-‘to taste, try’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵustósreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CE*gustus‘tasted’next step skipped: Latin unattested
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgustō‘to taste, sample’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgustatio‘appetizer, entree, the first course of a meal’
- Englishearliest quotation 1841gustation
Earliest quotation: 1841, Robley Dunglison, Human Physiology: “The organ of gustation is not, therefore, restricted to…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- ‘to taste, try’
choice, cost, choose, chosen, 15 more
through Latin *gustus ‘tasted’
Today it means
noun The act of tasting.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- / gustation