tâter
French
verb
Definitions
- to feel touch lightly, to sense consistency or temperature
- to get a feel for
Etymology
Inherited from Old French taster inherited from Latin *tasto, *tastāre, *tastō, taxō (I handle, estimate, touch sharply, judge, appraise), taxus (yew tree, yew).
Origin
Latin
taxus
Gloss
yew tree, yew
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *tasto, *tastare Latin
- *tasto, *tastāre, *tastō Latin
- *tastāre Latin
- *taxitō Latin
- tangō Latin
- tasto, *tastāre, *tastō Latin
- tastō Latin
- taxicus Latin
- taxifolius Latin
- taxitō Latin
- taxus Latin
- taxō Latin
- abtasten German
- antasten German
- tasten German
- taksál Hungarian
- retâter French
- tâche French
- tejón Spanish, Castilian
- εἶδος Ancient Greek
- κεφαλή Ancient Greek
- *þahsuz Proto-Germanic
- tasten Middle English
- taks Danish
- طخش Arabic
- ataster Old French
- taisson Old French
- taster Old French
- taxer Old French
- taksuso Esperanto
- teixo Galician
- teixón Galician
- tasten Middle Dutch
- taxuso Ido
- tasten Middle High German
- betaaschten Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- taaschten Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- tasten Middle Low German
- texu Asturian
- tasta Old Frisian
- *taxša Proto-Iranian
- tâté Louisiana Creole French
- tâtar Franco-Provençal