Origin of gusto.
The word gusto (enthousiastic enjoyment, pleasure, high spirits, cheerfulness) comes from the latin gustus (taste) from the verb gusto (to taste), which derives from the Greek verb geuso (to taste; γεύσω).

From the same root:
English: gustation, gustative, choose
French: gout (old French: goust), gouter, degouter, degustateur, ragout, choisir, choix
Italian: gusto, gustare, digustarsi, gustatore
Spanish: gusto, gustar, disgustarse, degustador, regosto, escoger
German: Kost, kosten, kiesen (via the old Germ. Kausjan)
Dutch: kust

In modern Greek (Romeika, the language of Romei-Romans/Ρωμηοί).
a) geusi / or better gefsi: taste [γεύση]
b) geuso / gefso: to taste [γεύσω]
c) geusticos / gefsticos: tasty [γευστικός]
d) geuma / gevma: meal, dinner, lunch [γεύμα]
e) geumatizo / gevmatizo: lunch, dine, have lunch [γευματίζω]
f) gusto: gusto (loan from Italian) [γούστο]
e) gustaro: I like to, I want to, and also I like (somebody) (loan from Italian) [γουστάρω]

More: http://ewonago.blogspot.com/ [Englisg Words of no Apparent Greek Origin]

We Filipinos also use that term as “want”. For example “GUSTO ko ito!”(I want this.) We had been colonized for 400 years by the Spaniards so some of our words or everyday terms derrived form their language.

It is the same in modern Greek. See e: gustaro: I like to, I want to and also I like (somebody)

e) gustaro: I like to, I want to, and also I like (somebody) (loan from Italian) [γουστάρω]

I thought GUSTO is a Spanish word which means I like to..

Gusto ko si Mac.

It means “I like Mac” (short for McDonald’s).

Love ko ‘to.

HAHA! 

weh?

John Neos - 28 October 2009 05:03 AM

It is the same in modern Greek. See e: gustaro: I like to, I want to and also I like (somebody)

And the Nordic name Gustavus?  Similar root?