Where does “usque” come from?
Usque comes from English usquebaugh, from Irish uisce beatha, where uisce derives from Old Irish uisce, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European wódr̥ meaning water.
usque (English): whisky
Definitions
- whisky
Ancestry of “usque”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | usquebaugh | Whisky |
| 2 | Irish | uisce beatha | whiskey |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | aqua vitae | distilled alcohol; spirits |
| 4 | Latin | vita | life; living, support, subsistence; a way of life |
| 5 | Latin | vivo | I live; I am alive, I survive; I reside in |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | gʷīwō | live, be alive |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷíh₃weti | to live, to be alive |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷih₃wós | alive, living |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷeih₃w- | to live |