tasten
Middle English
verb
Definitions
- To taste
- (with of) To partake in or ingest
- To examine by touch; grope; palpate
- To experience, feel (with sexual connotation)
- To try, test, tempt
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French taster derived from Latin tastō, taxō (I handle, estimate, touch sharply, judge, appraise).
Origin
Latin
taxō
Gloss
I handle, estimate, touch sharply, judge, appraise
Concept
Semantic Field
Law
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aftertaste English
- attaste English
- distaste English
- foretaste English
- mistaste English
- pretaste English
- retaste English
- tastable English
- taste English
- tasteable English
- tastebud English
- tasteful English
- tasteless English
- tastemaker English
- tastemaking English
- taster English
- tastest English
- tasteth English
- tastewise English
- tasting English
- tasty English
- undertaste English
- untaste English
- *tasto, *tastare Latin
- *tasto, *tastāre, *tastō Latin
- *tastāre Latin
- *taxitō Latin
- tangō Latin
- tasto, *tastāre, *tastō Latin
- tastō Latin
- taxitō Latin
- taxus Latin
- taxō Latin
- taksál Hungarian
- tâche French
- tâter French
- tejón Spanish, Castilian
- *þahsuz Proto-Germanic
- テイスト Japanese
- atasten Middle English
- tástáil Irish
- ataster Old French
- taisson Old French
- taster Old French
- taxer Old French
- teixón Galician
- tasten Middle Dutch
- tasten Middle High German
- tasta Old Frisian
- testim Tok Pisin