Degust
/diːˈɡʌst/noun
To taste or sample something, especially carefully or in small amounts.
Did you know?Degust comes from Latin *degustare*, a verb for tasting carefully, built from *de-* (“completely, down”) + *gustare* (“to taste”), from the same root that gave English *gust* and *disgust*.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*geus-
“to taste, to choose”
Latin
Latin
gustare
“to taste”
Latin
Latin
degustare
“to taste thoroughly; sample”
Old French
OF
deguster
“to taste, sample”
Modern English
English
degust
“to taste or sample carefully”