English
sapidity
Sapidity comes from New Latin sapiditās.
- New Latinc. 1500–1900sapiditās
- Englishtodaysapidity
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- New Latinc. 1500–1900sapiditās
- Englishtodaysapidity
Equivalent to sapid + -ity
Proto-Indo-European *sep- ‘to taste, to try out’
Proto-Italic *sapjō ‘to taste’
Latin sapiō ‘to taste’
Latin sapidus ‘savoury, delicious, tasty’
English sapid
Every English word from New Latin sapiditās
Today it means
noun The property of being sapid; tastiness.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / New Latin sapiditās / sapidity