English
gustatory
Gustatory comes from Latin gustō ‘to taste’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ǵews-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵews-‘to taste’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’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgustātusparticiple of gustō
- Englishearliest quotation 1941gustatory
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵews-‘to taste’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’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgustātusparticiple of gustō
- Englishearliest quotation 1941gustatory
Earliest quotation: 1941, Bill Henry, By the Way: “WHERE TO DINE—Well, Mary Ward, our courageous gustatory investigatress,…”
Formed from -ory
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- ‘to taste’
choice, cost, choose, chosen, 15 more
through Latin *gustus ‘tasted’
Today it means
adj Of, or relating to, the sense of taste.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- / gustatory