Where does “ouzo” come from?

ouzo (English) comes from Greek ούζο, from Turkish üzüm, from Ottoman Turkish اوزوم, from Proto-Turkic *üŕüm, from Proto-Turkic *üŕ-.

ouzo (English): An anise-flavoured aperitif, originating in...

Definitions

  1. An anise-flavoured aperitif, originating in...

Ancestry of “ouzo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekούζοouzo
2Turkishüzümgrape
3Ottoman Turkishاوزومgrape
4Proto-Turkic*üŕümgrape
5Proto-Turkic*üŕ-—
Every word from Proto-Turkic *üŕ- →Every word from Proto-Turkic *üŕüm →Every word from Ottoman Turkish اوزوم →
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