Gustation
/ɡʌˈsteɪ.ʃən/noun
The act or sense of tasting.
Did you know?Gustation comes from Latin gustatio, and the same root gives English words like gusto and disgust—so pleasure and revulsion are literally cousins in the history of taste.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*geus-
“to taste; to choose or try”
Latin
Latin
gustāre
“to taste, sample”
Latin
Latin
gustātiō
“a tasting, a banquet appetizer or first course”
Middle English
English
gustacioun
“the act of tasting”
Modern English
English
gustation
“the act or sense of tasting”