myEtymology.com: English etymology of distasteful

Etymology of the English word distasteful

the English word distasteful

using the English suffix -ful

derived from the English word distaste

derived from the English word taste

derived from the Old French word taster

derived from the Medieval Latin word taxare (value, assess the worth of; access a crime)

derived from the Latin word tangere (touch, strike; border on)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *tag- (to touch)

derived from the English word dis-

using the Latin prefix dis-