Tasty
/ˈteɪ.sti/noun
Having a pleasant flavor; delicious.
Did you know?English tasty is built from taste, and taste ultimately traces back to Latin tangere, meaning “to touch,” a reminder that flavor was once understood as something you *feel* as much as consume.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*tag-
“to touch, handle”
Latin
Latin
tangere
“to touch”
Old French
Old French
taster
“to taste, sample”
Middle English
English
tasten
“to taste”
16th Century
English
tasty
“having good taste; pleasing to the palate”
Modern English
English
tasty
“pleasantly flavored; delicious”
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