gust

gust · noun, verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ǵʰew-
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*gustiz
3. Old Norse · derived fromgustr“a gust, blast”
4. Middle English · inherited from*gust
5. English todaygust

Apparently from an unrecorded Middle English *gust, from Old Norse gustr (“a gust, blast”), from Proto-Germanic *gustiz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew-. Cognate with Icelandic gustur (“gust of wind”). Related also to Old Norse gusa (“to gush forth”), Old High German gussa (“flood”), Middle English guschen (> English gush). The English word was not recorded before Shakespeare.

gust · noun²

1. Old French · derived fromgust
2. Latin · derived fromgustus“taste”
3. Middle English · inherited fromgust
4. English todaygust

From Middle English gust, guste, from Latin gustus (“taste”) and Old French gust, goust.

gust · verb³

1. Latin · derived fromgustō
2. Middle English · inherited fromgusten“to taste, have a taste for”
3. English todaygust

From Middle English gusten (“to taste, have a taste for”), from the noun (see above) and Latin gustō.

Gust · proper noun⁴

Of Old Norse origin, from Gustav.

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