What words in the English language are derived from the latin word gustus?

1. What is the Latin meaning of Gustus?
2. What is the etymology of Gustus?
3. Why are Latin words used for English?

What is the Latin meaning of Gustus?

gustus m (genitive gustūs); fourth declension. taste.

What is the etymology of Gustus?

Etymology. From Latin gustus (“tasting”), from Proto-Italic *gustus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus.

Why are Latin words used for English?

English (and most other Western-European languages) adopted many words from Latin and Greek throughout history, because especially Latin was the Lingua Franca all through Antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and later.