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Where does “hydrogarum” come from?

hydrogarum (English) comes from English garum, from Latin garum, from Ancient Greek γάρον, from Ancient Greek γάρος — garum, a kind of sauce or paste made of brine and...

hydrogarum (English): garum diluted with water

Definitions

  1. garum diluted with water

Ancestry of “hydrogarum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgarumA fish sauce popular in Ancient Rome
2Latingarumgarum, a popular fish sauce
3Ancient Greekγάρονthe fish whose intestines were originally used in...
4Ancient Greekγάροςgarum, a kind of sauce or paste made of brine and...
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