Etymology

tasting

T1A1S1T1I1N1G2

Today it means: A small amount of food or drink. Full definition →

Middle English tastynge
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

tasting · noun1

  1. Middle English · inherited fromtastynge
  2. English todaytasting

From Middle English tastynge, taastyng, equivalent to taste + -ing (gerundive ending).

tasting · verb2

  1. Middle English · inherited fromtastinge
  2. English todaytasting

From Middle English tastinge, taastynge, equivalent to taste + -ing (present participle ending).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.