Etymology

chacun à son goût

Today it means: Used to acknowledge that different people have different tastes or preferences. Full definition →

French à chacun son goût
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  1. French · derived fromà chacun son goût“to each his own taste”
  2. English todaychacun à son goût

Mutation of the French à chacun son goût (“to each his own taste”), typically heard amongst Laurentian, Quebecois and Louisiana Francophones. The well-known aria by this name in the Strauss opera Die Fledermaus may have helped establish the mutation.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.