Etymology

tastelessness

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Today it means: Crudeness; crassness; gaucheness. Full definition →

English tasteless ← Proto-Germanic *lausaz ← Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-
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The story

  1. Englishtaste
  2. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  4. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  5. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  6. Englishtasteless
  7. English todaytastelessness

From tasteless + -ness.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.