Geusia
/ɡjuːˈziːə/noun
The sense or faculty of taste.
Did you know?Geusia comes from the same ancient root as Latin gustus, which ultimately gave English gusto, gustatory, and disgust—the language of pleasure turning into revulsion.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ǵews-
“To taste or savor”
Ancient Greek
Greek
γεῦσις (geûsis)
“Taste; the act or sense of tasting”
Ancient Greek
Greek
γεύομαι (geúomai)
“I taste or experience by tasting”
19th Century
Scientific English
geusia
“The sense or perception of taste”
Modern English
English
geusia
“Taste sensation, especially in medical or scientific terminology”
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