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Where does “antirum” come from?

antirum (English) comes from English rum, from Ottoman Turkish روم, from Arabic رُوم, from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬, from Ancient Greek Ῥωμανία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

antirum (English): Opposing the drinking of rum

Definitions

  1. Opposing the drinking of rum

Ancestry of “antirum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrumA distilled spirit derived from fermented cane...
2Ottoman Turkishروم—
3ArabicرُومByzantines
4Middle Persian𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬Rome; Byzantine
5Ancient GreekῬωμανία—
6Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
7Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
8Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
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