Where does “gin” come from?
Gin derives from Dutch genever, from Latin in and genus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- meaning "to produce or beget."
gin (English): A colourless non-aged alcoholic liquor made by...
Definitions
- A colourless non-aged alcoholic liquor made by...
Ancestry of “gin”, step by step
gin traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French engin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | engin | intelligence; ruse; trickery; deception;... |
| 2 | Latin | ingenium | innate or natural quality, natural character;... |
| 3 | Latin | gignere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 4 | Latin | genere | ablative singular of genus; to beget, produce |
| 5 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |
via English Geneva
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Geneva | Gin, especially jenever |
| 2 | Dutch | genever | Alternative spelling of jenever; juniper |
| 3 | Old French | genevre | juniper; juniper berry or extract from these... |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | ziniperus | — |
| 5 | Latin | iūniperus | juniper-tree |
| 6 | English | juniper | Any shrub or tree of the genus "Juniperus" of the... |
| 7 | Middle English | junyper | Juniper (tree of the genus Juniperus) or a similar plant |