Vol. 09 · Loanwords ·Spanish ·1620s
Gusto
from gusto
- Meaning
- Enthusiastic enjoyment.
- Source word
- gusto
- Route into English
- Spanish *gusto* (taste) → English via Italian *gusto* (both from Latin *gustus*). The Italian path gave the word a specifically *relish* sense in English; the Spanish word normally means *taste* more broadly.
- Arrived
- 1620s
From Spanish
American Spanish, not peninsular Spanish, provided most of the modern loanwords — through US expansion westward and Latin American trade.
English borrows.
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