Etymology

untaste

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Today it means: To deprive of taste. Full definition →

English taste ← Middle English on- ← Old English on-
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untaste · verb1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Germanic*anda-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*anda-
  5. Old Englishand-
  6. Old Englishon-
  7. Middle Englishon-
  8. Englishun-
  9. Englishtaste
  10. English todayuntaste

From un- + taste.

untaste · noun2

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishtaste
  9. English todayuntaste

From un- (“absence of”) + taste.

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