a small portion of meat or fish eaten as a starter to a meal (later applied to larger savory dishes) · a condiment, sauce, relish, eaten with bread
çekim: çoğul pulmenta · tamlayan pulmentī
köken: Disputed. Perhaps a contraction of pulpāmentum, from pulpa + -mentum. Alternatively, De Vaan suggests a derivation from earlier *pelp-mento-. Compare Umbrian pelmner (“meat”).
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus Proto-Italic *gustus Latin gustusbor. Spanish gustobor. Tagalog gusto Borrowed from Spanish gusto, borrowed from Latin gustus, from Proto-Italic *gustus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus, from *ǵews- + *-tus. The ultimate stress pronunciation was due to the word having a closed penultimate syllable.