Where does “claret” come from?
Claret comes from Middle English claret, from Middle French claret, from Medieval Latin la.
claret (English): A dry red wine produced in the Bordeaux region of...
Definitions
- A dry red wine produced in the Bordeaux region of...
Ancestry of “claret”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | claret | clary; clary water; pink, pink-purple, light |
| 2 | Middle French | claret | — |
| 3 | Latin | claratum vinum | — |
| 4 | Latin | clārus | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelh₁- | to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot |