> >> > >>> Yep, it's a themed wine and food degustation menu, looks > more than > >>> interesting. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) > >>> > >>> ============= > >>> You forced me to look that word up. :-P > >> > >> Leave it to Rob to use a word that is marked "Rare" in the > >> dictionary.. \smile on/\smile off/ > >> > >> I had to look it up too. Good one Rob! > >> > > > > I suspect it's only rare in the USA. It's very common in > Europe. And > > especially common in France for some reason. Probably > something to do > > with it being their language and their food and wine. > > > "Degustation" is common terminology in New York rstautants. > I believe there's even an establishment that goes by that > name. I believe it has its roots in Latin. > Paul
Indeed, although the word itself is French, which we have borrowed. But we see the same root word in 'disgust', 'gustatory'. We also have the Latin phrase 'de gustibus non est disputandum', meaning 'there's no accounting for taste'. There's also 'gusto' from Spanish - 'we ate the spaniel with gusto!'. The word apparently has its roots in proto-Indo-European and has come down the Germanic branches in words like 'choose'. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
