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Where does “absinthiate” come from?

absinthiate (English) comes from Latin absinthium, from Ancient Greek ἀψίνθιον — wormwood; vermouth, wine spiced by wormwood.

absinthiate (English): To impregnate with wormwood

Definitions

  1. To impregnate with wormwood

Ancestry of “absinthiate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinabsinthiumwormwood; an infusion of wormwood sometimes...
2Ancient Greekἀψίνθιονwormwood; vermouth, wine spiced by wormwood
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