Sapidity
/səˈpɪd.ɪ.ti/noun
The quality of having taste or flavor, especially a pleasant or noticeable one.
Did you know?Sapidity comes from Latin *sapidus*, “tasty” or “having flavor,” from *sapere*, a verb that also meant “to taste” and “to be wise,” linking flavor and wisdom in one ancient root.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*sep-
“to taste, perceive”
Latin
Latin
sapere
“to taste; to have taste or discernment; to be wise”
Latin
Latin
sapidus
“tasty; savory; having flavor”
Late Latin
Latin
sapiditas
“tastefulness; savoriness”
Middle French
Old French
sapidité
“taste; savoriness”
Modern English
English
sapidity
“the quality of having flavor or taste”