Gustatory
/ˈɡʌstəˌtɔːri/noun
Relating to the sense of taste.
Did you know?Gustatory ultimately traces back to a Latin root meaning “to taste,” and that same root also gave English words like “disgust,” originally the idea of something so bad it makes you lose your appetite.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*geus-
“to taste, choose by tasting”
Latin
Latin
gustāre
“to taste”
Late Latin
Latin
gustātōrius
“pertaining to tasting”
14th–15th Century
Old French
goustatoire / gustatoire
“relating to taste”
Late Middle English
English
gustatory
“relating to the sense of taste”
Modern English
English
gustatory
“relating to the sense of taste”